 In that city, Lina Smithson (known as Lina Gianotti in Chile) became its first Chilean believer in 1945; in 1945 Baháʼís moved from Punta Arenas area to Santiago, Valparaíso and Valdivia.By 1946, a mixture of pioneers and Chilean citizens increased the number of Baháʼí Local Spiritual Assemblies from fourteen to thirty-seven, of which three had obtained legal incorporation; and the number of localities in which Baháʼís resided had been increased to almost a hundred.The first South American Baháʼí Congress was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November, 1946.