What led to a boom in Punta Arenas in the 1880s and early 1900s?
Gold rush and sheep farming
Oil discovery
Coal mining
Tourism
Answer
The city's growth was due to waves of European immigrants, mainly from Croatia and Russia, attracted by a gold rush and sheep farming boom in the 1880s and early 1900s.
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