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Antofagasta (IPA pronunciation: /antofa'γasta/) is a port city in northern Chile, about 700 miles north of Santiago. It is the capital of both Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region, and according to the 2002 census has a population of 318,779. The city's name comes either Quechua term for "town of the great saltpeter bed" or the Atacaman phrase "copper's hiding place".
Antofagasta is a long and thin city located just south of the Península de Mejillones and north of the Cerro Coloso, 768 miles north of Valparaiso in 23°38'39S latitude and 70°24'39W longitude. The city is surrounded by steep hills that are part of Chile's Cordillera de la Costa ("mountain range of the coast") on its eastern edge, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west.
Antofagasta lies in the Atacama Desert, among the Earth's driest regions. Annual rainfall in the city averages less than 4 mm, and there was a period of 40 years when no rain fell at all.
Mejillones is a small port 65 km to the north, on the northern part of Península de Mejillones. About 25 km north of Antofagasta is Hornitos Antofagasta, a beach that attracts both tourists and locals. Tocopilla is a coastal city located 188 km north of Antofagasta. Calama, the second-largest city in the Antofagasta Region, is located 213 km northeast of the regional capital. La Negra is a medium-sized industrial complex some 10 km to the east of Antofagasta, on the Pan-American Highway.
The first native inhabitants were the Changos, whose fished, gathered shellfish, and hunted sea lions. The region was also part of the Incan Empire.
Founded between 1866 and 1874 as a seaport for the recently-discovered silver mines nearby, Antofagasta's original name was Peñas Blancas (Spanish for "White Boulders"), and it was originally part of Bolivia but passed into Chilean hands on February 14, 1879 when it was occupied by Chilean troops, marking the beginning of the War of the Pacific.[citation needed] It had been colonized by Chileans for many years before that. A chilean man named Juan López is traditionally considered to be the city's first inhabitant.
Since about 1994, Antofagasta has experienced a construction boom of high-rise apartment buildings that continues as of 2004.
Antofagasta is a long and thin city located just south of the Península de Mejillones and north of the Cerro Coloso, 768 miles north of Valparaiso in 23°38'39S latitude and 70°24'39W longitude. The city is surrounded by steep hills that are part of Chile's Cordillera de la Costa ("mountain range of the coast") on its eastern edge, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west.
Antofagasta lies in the Atacama Desert, among the Earth's driest regions. Annual rainfall in the city averages less than 4 mm, and there was a period of 40 years when no rain fell at all.
Mejillones is a small port 65 km to the north, on the northern part of Península de Mejillones. About 25 km north of Antofagasta is Hornitos Antofagasta, a beach that attracts both tourists and locals. Tocopilla is a coastal city located 188 km north of Antofagasta. Calama, the second-largest city in the Antofagasta Region, is located 213 km northeast of the regional capital. La Negra is a medium-sized industrial complex some 10 km to the east of Antofagasta, on the Pan-American Highway.
The first native inhabitants were the Changos, whose fished, gathered shellfish, and hunted sea lions. The region was also part of the Incan Empire.
Founded between 1866 and 1874 as a seaport for the recently-discovered silver mines nearby, Antofagasta's original name was Peñas Blancas (Spanish for "White Boulders"), and it was originally part of Bolivia but passed into Chilean hands on February 14, 1879 when it was occupied by Chilean troops, marking the beginning of the War of the Pacific.[citation needed] It had been colonized by Chileans for many years before that. A chilean man named Juan López is traditionally considered to be the city's first inhabitant.
Since about 1994, Antofagasta has experienced a construction boom of high-rise apartment buildings that continues as of 2004.
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