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The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile.Stretching over a 1,600-kilometre-long (1,000-mile) strip of land west of the Andes Mountains, it covers an area of 105,000 km 2 (41,000 sq mi), [2] which increases to 128,000 km 2 (49,000 sq mi) if the barren lower slopes of the Andes are included.
The Atacama Region is the third least populated region of the country, after Aisén and Magallanes. Of its total population, over 50% are located in the cities of Copiapó and Vallenar . The largest cities are (2002 census data) Copiapó (125,983 inhabitants), Vallenar (43,750), Caldera (12,776), Chañaral (12,086), El Salvador (8,697) Tierra ...
Located in the Atacama Desert, it was a production hub for saltpeter, a substance used in gunpowder and fertilizer known as "white gold." After World War I, the industry began to crumble and the ...
The Mano del Desierto is a large-scale sculpture ofesert]] in Chile, about 60 km to the south and east of the city of Antofagasta, on the Panamerican HighwayThe nearest point of reference is the "Ciudad Empresarial La Negra" (La Negra Business City).
Location [note 1] Nation(s) 1: Antarctic Desert: Polar ice and tundra ... Atacama Desert: Mild coastal: 140,000 [5] 54,054: South America: Chile and Peru: 26:
The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the driest places on Earth, but swaths of its usually barren sand are currently carpeted with a colorful bloom of white and purple flowers.
El Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) is located 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of San Pedro de Atacama, in the north of Chile in the Cordillera de la Sal, in the Atacama Desert. It has various stone and sand formations which have been carved by wind and water.
Sechura Desert in Peru. Atacama Desert – a desert in Chile and Peru; La Guajira Desert – a desert in Colombia and Venezuela; Monte Desert – in Argentina, a smaller desert above the Patagonian Desert; Patagonian Desert – the largest desert in the Americas, located in Argentina; Sechura Desert – a desert located south of the Piura ...