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The Battle of Iquique was fought in the harbor of Iquique on May 21, 1879, now commemorated as Navy Day, an annual public holiday in Chile. The outcome of the war gave Chile this portion of the Peruvian territory. Over the years there was substantial emigration from other parts of Chile to this area which was called the Norte Grande. In ...
ZOFRI S.A. has other assets in the nearby commune Alto Hospicio, with 129 ha in area, and Arica, a city 310 km north of Iquique, 122 ha. The 50% of its revenue comes from leasing and sale of commercial and industrial land. The other 50% is obtained the lease of commercial and service delivery.
Map of Chile. This is a list of cities in Chile. A city is defined by Chile's National Statistics Institute (INE) as an "urban entity" [note 1] with more than 5,000 inhabitants. This list is based on a June 2005 report by the INE based on the 2002 census which registered 239 cities across the country. [1]
Google Street View Camera Car in Villa-Lobos State Park in São Paulo on January 7, 2010. In South America, Google Street View is available in parts of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay. This article covers all of South America. For Central America and the Caribbean, see Google Street View in North America.
Each region was given a Roman numeral, followed by a name (e.g. IV Región de Coquimbo, read as "fourth region of Coquimbo" in Spanish).When the regional structure was created, Roman numerals were assigned in ascending order from north to south, with the northernmost region designated as I (first) and the southernmost region as XII (twelfth).
Greater Iquique, officially Área Metropolitana Alto Hospicio-Iquique, is a Chilean conurbation that includes Iquique and Alto Hospicio communes in the Iquique Province in Tarapacá Region. On 21 December 2023, it was designated a metropolitan area .
According to the 2012 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 2,835.3 km 2 (1,095 sq mi) and had a population of 275,042 inhabitants, giving it a population density of 76.3/km 2 (198/sq mi). Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 30.8% (50,959 persons).
Chile is situated in southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean and a small part of the South Atlantic Ocean. Chile's territorial shape is considered among the world's most unusual; from north to south, the country extends 4,270 km (2,653 mi), and yet it only averages 177 km (110 mi) in width. Chile reaches from the middle of ...