In the War of the Pacific ( 1879 – 83 ), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia and won its current northern territory.

By the 16th century, Spanish conquistadors began to subdue and colonize the region of present-day Chile, and the territory became a colony from 1540 to 1818, when it gained independence from Spain.

As a result of the War of the Pacific with Peru and Bolivia ( 1879 – 1883 ), Chile expanded its territory northward by almost one-third and acquired valuable nitrate deposits, the exploitation of which led to an era of national affluence.

However, the mountainous landscape of Chile limits the extent and intensity of agriculture so that arable land corresponds only to 2. 62 % of the total territory.

He never officially founded a city in the territory of what is now present Chile.

It dominated a territory that included ( from north to south ): Ecuador, part of Colombia, the northern half of Chile, and the north-west part of Argentina ; and from east to west, from Bolivia to the Amazonian forests and Peru.

Patagonia is a region located at the southern end of South America, territory shared by Argentina and Chile, boasting some of the most dramatic landscapes on Earth.

On learning of Francisco Pizarro's murder in 1541, Valdivia had himself appointed governor of the territory by the council of the new city, and removed Chile from Peruvian control, acknowledging only the royal authority, an arrangement the Crown found acceptable.

Chile claimed that according to the Uti possidetis of the Spanish crown, the coastal region belong to them and their territory bordered directly with Peru.

This agreement reaffirmed the Spanish sovereignty over the territory of Chile, among other things, and as one of its direct consequences, the colonial flag was readopted at the expense of the tricolor.

While Chile has a geographically diverse territory, the lifestyle of the Central Chile has not been possible everywhere and different customs exists towards the north and south of Chile.

According to the terms of the treaty that handed that territory to Chile, Peru had to agree to any proposal of transferring that land to a third party.

Chile promulgated its civil code in 1855, an original work in confront with the French code both for the scheme and for the contents ( similar to the Castillan law in force in that territory ) that was written by Andrés Bello ( begun in 1833 ).

Chile acquired the Peruvian territory of Tarapacá, the disputed Bolivian department of Litoral ( cutting Bolivia off from the sea ), as well as temporary control over the Peruvian provinces of Tacna and Arica.

On March 1, Daza issued instead a decree which prohibited all commerce and communications with Chile " while the state-of-war provoked upon Bolivia lasts ," provided Chileans ten days to leave Bolivian territory unless gravely ill or handicapped, embargoed Chilean furniture, property, and mining produce, allowed Chilean mining companies to continue operating under a government-appointed administrator, and provided all embargoes as temporary " unless the hostilities exercised by Chilean forces requires an energetic retaliation from Bolivia.

Having captured this territory at great expense, Chile declined the terms and the negotiations failed.

In return, Chile agreed to build the Arica-La Paz railway, a railroad connecting the capital city of La Paz, Bolivia with the port of Arica, and Chile guaranteed freedom of transit for Bolivian commerce through Chilean ports and territory.

Rancor runs high against Chile since Bolivia lost its coastal territory to Chile in the late 19th century War of the Pacific.

It also includes the Antarctic territory claimed by Chile.

The Spanish Empire and the Captaincy General of Chile used it as the southern boundary of their territory.

The 1952 demographic inquiry in Ruanda-Urundi was directed by V. Neesen, a member of the IRSAC staff, though the inquiry was carried out under the auspices of AIMO, which has continuing responsibility for demographic statistics in this territory.

The aardwolf has two glands at its rear end that secrete a musky fluid for marking territory and for communicating with other aardwolves.

This can often result in conflict between two male aardwolves when one has wandered into another's territory.

Portugal has been present in Angola for 400 years, occupied the territory in the 19th and early 20th century, and ruled over it for about 50 years.

In addition, mixed race ( European and African ) people amount to about 2 %, with a small ( 1 %) population of whites, mainly ethnically Portuguese ( as a former overseas territory of Portugal until 1975, the Portuguese make up currently the largest non-African population, with certainly more than 100, 000, a number that has been constantly increasing from the 2000s, because of Angola's growing demand for qualified human resources.

The ACT also has a small strip of territory around the southern end of the Beecroft Peninsula, which is the northern headland of Jervis Bay.

The ACT has internal self-government, but Australia's Constitution does not afford the territory government the full legislative independence provided to Australian states.

Aon has 29 offices throughout Australia, including every state and territory capital city.

The territory has also been recently relieving immigrants from many islands in Lesser Antilles.

Recently Croatia has opted to build a bridge to the Pelješac peninsula to connect the Croatian mainland with the exclave but Bosnia and Herzegovina has protested that it will close their way to international waters ( although Croatian territory and territorial waters surround Bosnian-Herzegovinan ones completely ) and has suggested that the bridge must be higher than 55 meters for free passage of all types of ships.

:( 4 ) the batter reaches first base safely on a fair ball that has not been touched by a fielder and that is in fair territory when the ball reaches the outfield, unless in the scorer's judgment the ball could have been handled with ordinary effort ;

He has often produced " De Palma " films one after the other before going on to direct a different genre, but would always return to his familiar territory.

; Independent countries: This category has independent countries, which the CIA defines as people " politically organized into a sovereign state with a definite territory ".

In other words, if an ' uninhabited ' or ' infidel ' territory is colonized by Britain, then the English law automatically applies in this territory from the moment of colonization ; however if the colonized territory has a pre-existing legal system, the native law would apply ( effectively a form of indirect rule ) until formally superseded by the English law, through Royal Prerogative subjected to the Westminster Parliament.

The Cayman Island Investment Bureau, a government agency, has been established with the mandate of promoting investment and economic development in the territory.

Recently Croatia has opted to build a bridge to the Pelješac peninsula to connect the Croatian mainland with the exclave but Bosnia and Herzegovina has protested that it will close their way to international waters ( although Croatian territory and territorial waters surround Bosnian-Herzegovinan ones completely ) and has suggested that the bridge must be higher than 55 meters for free passage of all types of ships.

The United States Department of State has no information on their activities on Cuban territory.

For the first time since 1912, the territory has direct representation.

Lincoln also supported the Wilmot Proviso, which, if it had been adopted, would have banned slavery in any U. S. territory won from Mexico.

Persons who from having been born within British territory are British subjects, but who at birth became under the law of any foreign state subjects of such state, and also persons who though born abroad are British subjects by reason of parentage, may by declarations of alienage get rid of British nationality.

Historic Swabia was eventually replaced by today's Baden-Württemberg, but it had been the most significant territory of mediaeval Alamannia, comprising all Germania Superior and territory east to Bavaria.

The disposition of Essex, held by West Saxon kings since the days of Egbert, is unclear from the treaty, though, given Alfred ’ s political and military superiority, it would have been surprising if he had conceded any disputed territory to his new godson.

If Lagnus was situated on the Cimbrian frontier and after Kiel, then Angeln must have been in the territory of the Teutones.

Later, after he had been crowned King of East Francia, Arnulf turned his old territory of Carinthia into the March of Carinthia, a part of the Duchy of Bavaria.

* The batter is put out because an outfielder ( or an infielder running in the outfield, or foul territory ) catches the ball on the fly ( alternatively if the batter would have been out if not for an error or if the outfielder drops the ball and another runner is put out ).

The Cayman Islands are a Caribbean British overseas territory that have been under various governments since their discovery by Europeans.

The legacy of Genghis Khan has been contested between China, Mongolia, and Russia, all three states having significant numbers of ethnic Mongols within their borders, and holding territory that was conquered by Khan.

However, the Essex Camulodunum was located well within territory usually thought to have been conquered early in the 5th century by Saxons, so it is unlikely to have been the location of any " true " Camelot.

Until 1947, the East Wing of Pakistan, separated from the West Wing by 1, 600 km of Indian territory, had been heavily dependent on Hindu management.

* 1955-At the United Nations, Spain, which had just been admitted to membership, initiated a claim to the territory, arguing that the principle of territorial integrity, not self-determination, applied in the case of the decolonization of Gibraltar, and that the United Kingdom should cede sovereignty of the Rock to Spain.

It has been speculated that this whale crossed from the Pacific to the Atlantic via the Northwest Passage, since alternative routes through the Panama Canal or Cape Horn are not contiguous to the whale's established territory.

In litigation regarding the availability of fundamental rights to those imprisoned at the base, the U. S. Supreme Court has recognized that the detainees " have been imprisoned in territory over which the United States exercises exclusive jurisdiction and control.

The province's defences had been rebuilt in the preceding years, and although his health was poor Constantius wished to penetrate into enemy territory.

Following the earlier La Tène and Roman influence cultures, the Slavic people have been in this territory for over 1500 years.