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	ANTOFAGASTA. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Antofagasta was founded by Chileans in 1870 to exploit nitrates in the Atacama Desert, then under Bolivian administration.
		Antofagasta has depended primarily on nitrates and copper and sulfur exports, and its economy has often been affected by sharp fluctuations in world demands.
		The Univ. of the North was established in Antofagasta in 1956.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/an/Antofaga.html (157 words)

	Antofagasta Region Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Antofagasta's history is divided, as the territory, in two sections, the coastal region and the highlands plateau or altiplano around the Andes.
		Antofagasta was permanently integrated by the Chilean government at the end of the war.
		Colonization by Chileans followed mainly from the "Little North" (the contemporary regions of Atacama and Coquimbo, aka III and IV regions), into the new territories of Antofagasta and Tarapacá, nicknamed Great North.
	www.bookrags.com /Antofagasta_Region (492 words)

	BSSA, Volume 87:2
		The down-dip termination of the main rupture corresponds to the maximum depth (50 km) of the region that had been identified as the locked part of the subduction interface from the analysis of the microseismicity recorded by the local network prior to the 1995 event.
		The Mejillones peninsula appears to be the surface expression of a barrier that interrupted the propagation of the 1995 rupture to the north into the region of the 1877 gap.
		Modeling of static stress changes induced by the Antofagasta earthquake indicates an increase in compressive stresses along a direction transverse to the trench immediately to the north of the 1995 rupture surface.
	www.seismosoc.org /publications/BSSA_html/bssa_87-2/96088.html (557 words)

	www.mineweb.net \| co_releases Antofagasta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Antofagasta, together with Tethyan, have also entered into a deed of termination with BHP Billiton entities (“BHP Billiton”) whereby BHP Billiton’s rights to claw-back a material interest in certain of Tethyan’s mineral interests (“Claw-back Right”) will be extinguished (“BHP Billiton Termination Deed”).
		A partnership with Tethyan will allow Antofagasta to apply its mining and development skills and its experience in large-scale projects, to evaluate the mineral resources at Reko Diq and ensure that they are developed to their full potential to the mutual benefit of the shareholders of both Antofagasta and Tethyan.
		Antofagasta continues to look at opportunities globally to secure rights to world-class mining assets to enhance its overall growth profile.” The agreements referred to above were signed after the last time at which an announcement of the transaction could have been made by Tethyan through the Australian Stock Exchange.
	www.mineweb.net /co_releases/731844.htm (679 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Antofagasta
		12,722), Antofagasta region, N Chile, on the western slopes of the Andes.
		Atacama Desert, arid region, c.600 mi (970 km) long, N Chile, extending south from the border of Peru.
		The desert itself, c.2,000 ft (610 m) above sea level, is a series of dry salt basins flanked on the W by the Pacific coastal range, averaging c.2,500 ft (760 m) high, and on the E by the Andes.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Antofagasta (423 words)

	Regions of Chile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Regions are divided into provinces, each headed by a governor (gobernador), appointed by the president.
		The new territorial organization was implemented in phases with some initial "pilot regions" beginning to operate in 1974, extending the process on January 1, 1976 to the rest of the country.
		This bill may have opened the way for other regions to be created, such as in the provinces of Ñuble, Aconcagua, and in the provinces in the south of the Maule Region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Regions_of_Chile (338 words)

	Chile - Antofagasta
		Antofagasta is the largest city of the Norte Grande region, a product of the mining boom that hit the region in the 19th century.
		Today, Antofagasta is the embarkation point for copper mined at La Escondida and Chuquicamata--the latter of which holds the distinction of being the largest open-pit mine in the world.
		Visitors who want to learn more about Antofagasta and the Norte Grande can visit the Museo Regional--in addition to its interesting exhibits on the history of the city and the mining industry, the museum holds a colourful collection of rock and mineral samples culled from the surrounding region.
	www.geographia.com /chile/antofagasta.htm (213 words)

	Antofagasta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the city of Antofagasta was founded in 1868 by the Bolivian government, it was already populated previously as it was a port of unloading cargo and acted as a place of refuge and rest on the coast boliviana for Chilean explorers.
		This operation was carried out February 14 of 1879, when Antofagasta was occupied by Chile, immediately after (as a result of) desembarco of Chilean troops in Antofagasta in charge of the colonel Emilio Sotomayor.
		Antofagasta is provided (relies on) with a port complex of seven places of docking, with conditions to produce (operate on) a production of 5,000,000 t of load.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antofagasta (3788 words)

	Antofagasta Region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		CL-AN Antofagasta (officially II Región de Antofagasta) is Chile's second administrative region from north to south.
		Comprised of three provinces, Antofagasta, El Loa and Tocopilla, its capital is the port city of Antofagasta.
		In pre-Columbian times, the coastline was populated by fisher-gatherer nomadic clans of Changos Indians, of whom very little is known, since they had very limited contact with Spanish conquistadors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antofagasta_Region (535 words)

	Antofagasta Region of Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Antofagasta was permanently to Chile at the end of the War of the Pacific 1879 - 1884.
		It is situated the extreme north of the country some kilometers from the capital Santiago.
		This is mostly a mining region with activities accounting for 59% of the regional
	www.freeglossary.com /Antofagasta_Region_of_Chile (576 words)

	Lobelia_anceps-11 Dec 2000
		The population was generally restricted to the area within the area of dense vegetation in the photographs taken on 18 November 1997 (Fig.
		In the coastal region between Pan de Azúcar (26°15'S lat.) and El Cobre (~24°10'S lat.), there are perhaps 25-30 formations termed "aguadas" or places where undergound water from the interior Andes reaches the surface in quebradas facing the ocean.
		Catalogue of the vascular flora of the Second Region (Antofagasta), Chile.
	www.chlorischile.cl /dillon1/Lobelia_anceps.htm (988 words)

	Antofagasta Region Map: Antofagasta — Taltal \| Chile Google Satellite Maps
		Browse the list of administrative regions below and follow the navigation through secondary administrative regions to find populated place you are interested in.
		Regions are sorted in alphabetical order from level 1 to level 2 and eventually up to level 3 regions.
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	www.maplandia.com /chile/antofagasta (645 words)

	Chile: Reports: Truth Commissions: Library & Links: U.S. Institute of Peace
		The Second Region of the country now consists of the provinces of Tocopilla, El Loa, and Antofagasta, and its main cities are Antofagasta, Calama and Tocopilla.
		The most outstanding case of this nature was the execution of twenty-six prisoners from the Calama jail on the road connecting that city with Antofagasta; it was explained as the reaction of troops to the prisoners' attempt to run away.
		Another especially grave event took place in Antofagasta in the execution of fourteen persons which took place without any due process of law, although there was a subsequent attempt to justify these executions as the result of a war tribunal.
	www.usip.org /library/tc/doc/reports/chile/chile_1993_pt3_ch1_a2_c.html (8634 words)

	Antofagasta - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Antofagasta" at HighBeam.
		Preliminary 2003 Antofagasta plc Earnings Conference Call - Final
		Antofagasta in deal to take over giant Chile copper mine.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Antofaga.html (344 words)

	II Región de Antofagasta - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
		La historia de Antofagasta se divide, al igual que su territorio, en la propia de la costa y la propia del altiplano de la Cordillera de los Andes.
		La Región de Antofagasta, a efectos electorales, corresponde a la circunscripción senatorial II y agrupa a los distritos 3 y 4.
		De la población regional total, 256.165 habitantes son hombres (51,8%) y 237.819 son mujeres (48,1%) y un 97,6% de la población habita en zonas urbanas, equivalentes a 482.546 habitantes, las que se concentran principalmente en las ciudades de Antofagasta (296.905 habitantes), Calama (138.402) y Tocopilla (23.352 habitantes).
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/II_Regi%C3%B3n_de_Antofagasta (1502 words)

	Exponor 2007, 12th International Exhibition for Latin American Mining A mining exhibition strongly supported by ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		With a great diversity of production and many large-scale mines, the Antofagasta region in Northern Chile is the country’s principal mining region and the heart of copper production for the world.
		In addition, Antofagasta is an important centre for mining in parts of Peru and Bolivia.
		Exponor is well hosted by the Antofagasta Industrial Association, an organization to which all of the major mining companies in the region belong.
	www.camese.org /events.cfm?itemid=8200&smocid=792 (377 words)

	Litoral department, Bolivia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This area is almost equivalent to nowadays Chilean Region of Antofagasta (or "II Región", provinces of Arica, Parinacota and Iquique); it was formerly a Bolivian province (Antofagasta or Atacama province).
		By the 1884 Truce, Bolivia lost its only coastal province of Antofagasta, about 510 km of coastline and (most important) all of the nitrate deposits of the Atacama desert.
		The area around Gatico, formerly Cobija (North Antofagasta region in Chile) used to be Bolivian; according to Stielers Handatlas (1877) from the Rio Loa (present northern boundary of Antofagasta to the 24th degree SL, just south of Antofagasta city.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/bo-a.html (588 words)

	Chile War of the Pacific, 1879-83
		The War of the Pacific began on the heels of an international economic recession that focused attention on resources in outlying zones.
		Under an 1866 treaty, Chile and Bolivia divided the disputed area encompassing the Atacama Desert at 24° south latitude (located just south of the port of Antofagasta) in the understanding that the nationals of both nations could freely exploit mineral deposits in the region.
		Fighting broke out when Chilean entrepreneurs and mine-owners in present-day Tarapacá Region and Antofagasta Region, then belonging to Peru and Bolivia, respectively, resisted new taxes, the formation of monopoly companies, and other impositions.
	www.country-studies.com /chile/war-of-the-pacific,-1879-83.html (866 words)

	Antofagasta
		Antofagasta (ciudad), ciudad situada en el norte de Chile, capital de la provincia y de la región de Antofagasta.
		La actividad minera es muy significativa; en el interior de la provincia de Antofagasta se encuentran las explotaciones mineras El Laco, de la que se extrae el mineral de hierro, y Mantos Blancos, de la que se extrae cobre.
		Está constituida por las provincias de Tocopilla, El Loa y Antofagasta, y limita al norte con la región de Tarapacá, al este con Bolivia y Argentina, al sur con la región de Atacama y al oeste con el océano Pacífico.
	html.rincondelvago.com /antofagasta.html (864 words)

	War of the Pacific
		The War of the Pacific resulted from a dispute between Bolivia and Chile over sovereignty of the mineral-rich coastal area of the Atacama Desert.
		In 1874 Chile agreed to fix the border at 24° south latitude in return for Bolivia's promise not to increase taxes on Chilean nitrate enterprises for twenty-five years.
		Hoping to gather the support of nationalist Bolivians to strengthen his internal position, Daza involved his country in the disastrous War of the Pacific.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/war-of-the-pacific.htm (730 words)

	Antofagasta Plc Earning & Dividend Analysis - ANTO UNITED KINGDOM Market Size, Market Share and Demand Forecast
		Tabular results include up to a ten-year history of "as reported" Earnings per Share and Dividends per Share plus a calculation of the amount of earnings paid out over the year in dividends (i.e.
		The Railway and Other Transport Services transports copper cathodes down from the mines for export, and sulphuric acid up to the mines from the terminals at Mejillones and from the copper smelters in the region.
		The Water Concession operates a concession for the distribution of water in the Antofagasta region.
	wrightreports.ecnext.com /coms2/reportdesc_EARNING_C826UI900 (284 words)

	Open Directory - Regional:South America:Chile:Regions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This category is intended for pages about Antofagasta, 2 Region, written in English.
		This category is intended for pages about Metropolitana, RM Region, written in English.
		Pages in Spanish language should not be submitted to this category, but to World: Español: Regional: Chile: Regiones: Valparaíso.
	dmoz.org /Regional/South_America/Chile/Regions/desc.html (860 words)

	Ciudad de Antofagasta Chile
		Second Region Capital, Antofagasta is another of the main cities in the Big North of the country.
		Antofagasta has a Industrial Village characterized for having high technology infrastructure.
		The nice weather conditions become Antofagasta in a mandatory destination for visitors, who can enjoy tourist services, colorful landscapes, shopping centers, warm water beaches and natural and historic monuments.
	www.visitchile.com /ficha-destino.asp?ciudad=6&idioma=ing (243 words)

	Antofagasta PLC / Operations & Projects / Railways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Antofagasta PLC / Operations and Projects / Railways
		In November 2003, Antofagasta plc (through a 100% owned subsidiary named Aguas de Antofagasta) was awarded a 30-year concession to operate the water rights and facilities in the Antofagasta Region previously controlled by ESSAN (a Chilean stated-owned company).
		The concession consists of two businesses: one, an unregulated business supplying miners and other industrial users; and, the other, a regulated water business supplying domestic customers.
	www.antofagasta.co.uk /interior/operations/water_key.php (145 words)

	Welcome to Antofagasta, Chile
		Being the major attraction of the second region Antafogasta is a city with much tradition.
		Along one side of the church is the Teatro Municipal (Municipal theater), recently constructed and that intends to become a stop for well known artists.
		Another interesting building of Antofagasta is the Ruina de Huanchaca, a silver foundry, constructed in 1873.
	www.chile-travel.com /antofaga.htm (286 words)

	Monturaqui 1998. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Meteor Crater of Monturaqui, II Region of Antofagasta, Chile.
		In the Atacama desert, the driest one on the planet, in the II region of Chile, the meteor crater of Monturaqui marks the exact place where a voyager of our Solar System, in a past time, ended its voyage.
		The crater is one of the best preserved on the planet due in part to its geographical location.
	acs.pha.jhu.edu /~demarco/personal/monturaqui_en.html (354 words)

	Región de Antofagasta Travel Forum - VirtualTourist.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Post a Región de Antofagasta travel question and get unbiased, timely answers and insights from real travelers and Región de Antofagasta locals.
		I think we will end up in San Pedro for christmas, and we are looking for a nice hotel, price 20-40 us-dollars for a doubleroom with private bathroom.
		Is it worth catching an early flight to Antofagasta, maybe go have a picnic at La Portada, and then catch an early evening flight to Calama.
	forum.virtualtourist.com /forum-2200-1-Travel-Region_de_Antofagasta-1-forum.html (838 words)

	Géiseres del Tatio, Chile (El Tatio Geysers) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The extraordinary thermal activity of El Tatio Geyser Field, Antofagasta Region, Chile
		Glennon, J.A., and Pfaff, R.M., 2003, The extraordinary thermal activity of El Tatio Geyser Field, Antofagasta Region, Chile, Geyser Observation and Study Association (GOSA) Transactions, vol 8.
		El Tatio Geyser Field (locally known as Los Géiseres del Tatio) is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at 4,200 meters above mean sea level, 150 kilometers east, southeast of Calama, Chile.
	www.uweb.ucsb.edu /~glennon/travel/tatio.htm (719 words)

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