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	Antofagasta Region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 annexed by the Chilean government at the end of the war.
		A significant base of Chile's union-organizing movements in the early 20th century, the region depended upon the nitrate-extraction industry until its replacement by copper mining.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antofagasta_Region_of_Chile (487 words)

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		Koshin'etsu region Kōshin'etsu (甲信越) is a subregion of the Shinano and Echigo provinces.
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	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/region.html (2663 words)

	AllRefer.com - Antofagasta, South America (South American Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Antofaga.html (271 words)

	Antofagasta -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		region, in an extremely arid part of northern Chile, bounded on the east by Bolivia and Argentina and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
		Antofagasta (area 48,642 sq mi [125,981 sq km]) is the second largest of Chile's regions; about 90 percent of its population lives in urban areas, chiefly the capital city of Antofagasta (q.v.), and in Tocopilla, Calama, and...
		That territory was surrendered to Chile in 1884 as a result of a truce that ended the fighting in the War of the Pacific.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9007899?tocId=9007899 (634 words)

	Antofagasta Region -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		CL-AN Antofagasta is (A republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast) Chile's second administrative region from north to south.
		Antofagasta's history is divided, as the territory, in two sections, the coastal region and the highlands plateau or (Click link for more info and facts about altiplano) altiplano around the (A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast) Andes.
		Mostly a desert climate, part of the (A desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits) Atacama Desert, with variations in the amount of annual rainfall from the coast to the highland desert.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/an/antofagasta_region.htm (560 words)

	BSSA, Volume 87:2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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_87-5/96088.html (557 words)

	Antofagasta Region of Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Antofagasta was permanently annexed to Chile at the end of the War of the Pacific, 1879 - 1884.
		It is situated in the extreme north of the country, some 1300 kilometers from the capital Santiago.
		This is mostly a mining region, with mining-related activities accounting for 59% of the regional economy.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/antofagasta_region_of_chile (187 words)

	Travel Forum - Antofagasta, Chile
		Antofagasta is a port city in northern Chile, and is the capital of both Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region.
		Antofagasta is nowadays the principal cupper-exporting port of Chile.
		Antofagasta industrial complex is situated to the north part of the city.
	www.ttgforum.com /printthread.php?t=759 (539 words)

	Litoral department, Bolivia
		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).
		Chile agreed to build a railway from La Paz (Bolivia) to Arica and to grant freedom of transit for Bolivian commerce.
		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.
	flagspot.net /flags/bo-a.html (575 words)

	Atacama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Atacama desert of Chile is a virtually rainless plateau made up of salt basins (salares), sand, and lava flows, extending from the Andes mountains to the Pacific Ocean.
		The Atacama Desert is the driest desert on Earth (except perhaps for the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica) and is virtually sterile because it is blocked from moisture on both sides by the Andes mountains and by coastal mountains.
		The average rainfall in Antofagasta — a region in Chile which is part of the Atacama — is just 3mm per year, and there was a period of time where no rain fell there for 40 years.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Atacama.htm (507 words)

	Tocopilla -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Now it is a major port and rail terminus for the nitrate and iodine mined at nearby María Elena and Pedro de Valdivia and for the copper mined at Chuquicamata, 93 miles (150 km) east.
		Chile's overall economic decline during the early 20th century and the supplanting of maritime transport...
		Its limits are not exact, but it lies mainly within Antofagasta and Atacama administrative regions between the south bend of the Loa River and the mountains separating the Salado-Copiapó drainage basins.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9072716 (464 words)

	Chile’s doctors call for tighter controls on arsenic levels in water -- Russell 321 (7274): 1432 -- BMJ
		High arsenic levels in the water, soil, and air in the Antofagasta region in northern Chile have been criticised by Chilean scientists and doctors, who say the levels are responsible for the higher rates of cancer mortality among the local population.
		Death rates for lung cancer and bladder cancer are four and five times higher respectively in the region’s capital, Antofagasta, than the national averages, according to an analysis of data for cancer deaths related to arsenic exposure provided by the Chilean Safety Association.
		Arsenic, a known carcinogen, exists naturally in the volcanic rocks in the Antofagasta region.
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/extract/321/7274/1432/e (181 words)

	SIT Study Abroad - Chile: Economic Development and Globalization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The educational excursions include a trip to Chile's 2nd Region of Antofagasta around 800 miles north of Santiago.
		Antofagasta is a region rich in minerals, including the largest copper reserves in the world.
		In Antofagasta the students meet with representatives of both private and state-controlled copper mines and, through interaction with local specialists and workers' representatives, they learn about the unique role copper production plays in the Chilean economy.
	www.sit.edu /studyabroad/latinamerica/chiledev_excursions.html (421 words)

	Antofagasta on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		CHILE: Final decision on proposed $400,000,000 copper mine expansion project is tentatively scheduled to be made by the end of the year 2001, ANTOFAGASTA MINERALS [Chile/UK] - Order #: 0102501.(Antofagasta Minerals...
		CHILE: Final decision on proposed $400,000,000 copper mine expansion project is tentatively scheduled to be made by the end of the year 2001, ANTOFAGASTA MINERALS [Chile/UK] - Order #: 0102501.
		Chile: Antofagasta Minerals acquired 61% stake in Minera El.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/a/antofaga.asp (464 words)

	Mejillones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mejillones is a port city on northern Chile.
		Mejillones is situated in the northern side of Peninsula de Mejillones, in Second Region of Chile, near 65 km.
		To the west, in the northern part of Peninsula de Mejillones, is Punta de Angamos, site of the naval combat of Punta Angamos, fought during the War of the Pacific.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mejillones (133 words)

	Chile - Antofagasta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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/antofag01.htm (203 words)

	Photographs of Antofagasta, Chile
		This is a photo of the Antofagasta area taken from the Space Shuttle.
		Antofagasta is located on the south side of the peninsula.
		Antofagasta and the northern regions of Chile belonged to Peru and Bolivia prior to the War of the Pacific in 1872.
	www.angelfire.com /fl/atacamasam/fotoanto.html (620 words)

	Chile creates four new regional research centers – including aquaculture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Santiago, Chile, 24 August 2004 - Chile has announced that it is creating four new research institutes around the country as an extension of its efforts to boost research and innovation in its less developed regions.
		The creation of new research centers is part of CONICYT's regional program that has already led to the opening of five Regional Research and Cooperative Development Consortia, the official name of such institutes.
		One of the objectives of the regional program is to promote collaboration between existing research institutes, academic centers and local universities, hoping to create a synergy between their research activities.
	www.aquacomgroup.com /printable.cfm?ID=232 (475 words)

	Restaurants in Antofagasta Chile Restaurant Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chile fought the War of the Pacific against Peru and Bolivia from 1879 to 1883, winning Antofagasta, Bolivia?s only outlet to the sea, and extensive areas...
		The mine is some 200km northeast of Chile's capital Santiago and has been producing since 1999.
		for the airport that serves Region II capital Antofagasta, in the...
	www.diningguide411.com /restaurants/Chile/Antofagasta (346 words)

	Encyclopedia: Antofagasta Region of Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		VI Region of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins
		XI Region of Aisén of General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
		XII Region of Magallanes and the Chilean Antarctica
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Antofagasta-Region-of-Chile (553 words)

	Antofagasta
		12,722), Antofagasta region, N Chile, on the western slopes of the...
		Pacific, War of the - Pacific, War of the, 1879–84, war between Chile and the allied nations, Peru and Bolivia;...
		Chile - Republic of Chile National name: República de Chile President: Ricardo Lagos (2000) Area:...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0804285.html (236 words)

	ref
		Tectonic and magmatic evolution of the Andes of northern Argentina and Chile.
		Stratigraphy of the marine Neocomian in the region of southern Copiapo, Atacama Province.
		Upper Cenozoic volcanism and tectonism in the Andes of northern Chile.
	www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~tarcuri/ref.html (3451 words)

	Atacama Desert & Altiplano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Region I: Chile's Tarapacá Region, lies at the northern tip of the country.
		Region II: Chile's Antofagasta Region, this is one of the world's truly unique spots -and its driest.
		Its climate is mild on the coast; farther inland it is both warmer during the day and colder at night, but without extremes of temperature.
	www.chileoutdoors.com /english/about_chile/atacama_desert_altiplano.htm (304 words)

	Chuquicamata
		12,722), Antofagasta region, N Chile, on the western slopes of the Andes.
		Smelting and flotation plants began operations in 1951; an expansion of refining plants in 1970 substantially increased copper output.
		Chile: Land - Land A long narrow strip of land (no more than c.265 mi/430 km wide) between the Andes and the...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0812181.html (168 words)

	Arsenic-Induced Skin Lesions among Atacameño People in Northern Chile Despite Good Nutrition and Centuries of ...
		It has been suggested that the indigenous Atacameño people in Northern Chile might be protected from the health effects of arsenic in drinking water because of many centuries of exposure.
		Cases of arsenic-induced skin lesions were also reported in the major northern city of Antofagasta in Region II of Chile, where high concentrations of arsenic (approximately 800 µg/L) were present in water sources until the 1970s, when a treatment plant was installed to remove arsenic (10,11).
		In 1998, we became aware of a small village called Chiu Chiu in the region [population 247 (26); elevation 8,000 ft; average rainfall approximately 1 inch/year; the main economic activity is growing fruits and vegetables].
	ehp.niehs.nih.gov /members/2000/108p617-620smith/smith-full.html (4385 words)

	Chile Destinations : Valley of the Moon. Los Flamencos National Reserve, San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chile : Destinations : Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon)
		Because of its lack of humidity, there is no life here, which has turned it into one of the most inhospitable places on the planet.
		Region of Antofagasta, 331 km (206.8 mi) northeast of Antofagasta.
	www.gochile.cl /Attr/htm/valuna.asp (235 words)

	Harold Doan and Associates Ltd. - Ontario And Chile Governments Strengthen Mining Ties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE, June 13 /CNW/ - The governments of Ontario and Chile's northern Antofagasta Region have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening bilateral mining industry cooperation, Northern Development and Mines Minister Rick Bartolucci announced today.
		Bartolucci is in Chile this week to meet with regional government leaders and senior mining company executives, and promote Ontario mining.
		Like Northern Ontario, the Antofagasta Region has rich mineral resources that contribute significantly to the region's economy.
	www.harolddoan.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3574 (348 words)

	rincon.htm
		Dillon, Michael O. A new species of Bromeliaceae, Tillandsia tragophoba, is described from the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
		The leaves of this new species are green, essentially glabrous and form a basal tank capable of holding water, quite unlike the typical gray-leaved, terrestrial or lithophytic bromeliads usually found within the coastal desert province of western South America.
		from the coastal Atacama Desert of northern Chile
	www.sacha.org /envir/deserts/locals/lists/rincon.htm (349 words)

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		Moreover, we propose to study statistical properties of small scale heterogeneities of the lithosphere and their contribution to the seismic attenuation, using the techniques of wave propagation in random media applied to local and regional seismic events.
		Seismogenic plane of the northern Andean Subduction Zone from aftershocks of the Antofagasta (Chile) 1995 earthquake.
		Patzig, R., Local earthquake tomography in the Antofagasta region (northern Chile) and a view on the magnitude-frequency parameters in that region.
	userpage.fu-berlin.de /~seis/projects/more/imaging_sfb267.html (580 words)

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