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Most of them were built around Natural Resources such as gold, copper or iron mines, close to rich farming or grazing lands or as ports of entry into such territories.

Some examples include Zacatecas, Mexico (silver mines), Buenos Aires, Argentina (port of entry) or Porto Alegre, Brazil (rice plantations).

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