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Antofagasta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Antofagasta , city (1992 pop. 226,749), capital of Antofagasta region, N Chile, a port on the Pacific Ocean. Antofagasta was founded by Chileans in 1870 to exploit nitrates in the Atacama Desert, then under Bolivian administration. Its...
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Montes, Ismael
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...business in Bolivia for 25 years. But, in 1878, Bolivia tried to raise taxes on the Chilean Antofagasta Nitrate Company in the port city of Antofagasta. When the Chilean government protested, Bolivia threatened to confiscate the property. On...
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Chile
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World
...a del Mar, Valpara í so, Concepci ó n, Antofagasta Other Cities: Arica, Chill á n, Chuquicamata...centers — Valparaiso, Concepcion, Temuco, and Antofagasta — have distinct personalities but are more provincial...
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War of the Pacific
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...province of Bolivia. In reprisal Chile took the port of Antofagasta, and two weeks later war was formally acknowledged. Peru...Atacama, Bolivia's only coastal territory, now called Antofagasta. Peru also had to cede Tarapacá to Chile and surrendered...
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Chuquicamata
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Chuquicamata , town (1992 pop. 12,722), Antofagasta region, N Chile, on the western slopes of the Andes. At an elevation of 10,435 ft (3,181 m), Chuquicamata has one of...
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Atacama Desert
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...been dry for tens of thousands of years. Of the streams descending from the Andes only the Loa River reaches the Pacific. Antofagasta and other regional ports are without protected anchorages and are subject to frequent and severe earthquakes. The Atacama...
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