Place:Atacama, Chile

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NameAtacama
Alt namesAtacamasource: Wikipedia
TypeRegion
Coordinates27.5°S 70°W
Located inChile     (1974 - )
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Algarrobal
Alto del Carmen
Caldera
Carrizal Bajo
Chañaral
Diego de Almagro
Domeyko
El Salado
El Tránsito
Freirina
Huasco
Inca de Oro
Llanta
Potrerillos
Punta de Díaz
Punta del Cobre
San Antonio
Tierra Amarilla
Vallenar
Province
Copiapó
Unknown
Apacheta
Carrizal Alto
Chañarcillo
Juan Godoy
Lomas Bayas
Los Loros
Punta Negra
Quebradita
San Félix
Tres Puntas
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

The Atacama Region is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It comprises three provinces: Chañaral, Copiapó and Huasco. It is bordered to the north by Antofagasta, to the south by Coquimbo, to east with Provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja and San Juan of Argentina, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. The regional capital Copiapó is located at north of the country's capital of Santiago. The region occupies the southern portion of the Atacama Desert, the rest of the desert is mainly distributed among the other regions of Norte Grande.

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