museum
Humberstone Saltpeter Works
Abandoned UNESCO-listed nitrate town in the Atacama beside Ruta 16 east of Iquique, preserved as an open-air museum.
33 km · about 40 min drive
South AmericaChileTarapacá
Alto Hospicio
Tarapacá, Chile · South America
About Alto Hospicio
Alto Hospicio sits on the route: 15 minutes from Iquique, 33km from Humberstone Saltpeter Works.
Alto Hospicio is in Tarapacá, Chile, with about 140,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Iquique, about 8 km away.
Alto Hospicio is a Chilean municipality and commune located next to Iquique, in the Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region. It is a fast-growing popular area in the heights of Iquique and has a population of 94,254 according to the preliminary result of the 2012 census. It is the second largest commune of the GreaterRead more
Iquique urbanization with a total population of 275,000 in 2012.
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Within an hour or so of Alto Hospicio: Humberstone Saltpeter Works (33 km).
Where is Alto Hospicio?
Alto Hospicio is in Tarapacá, Chile, about 8 km from Iquique.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 142,086
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- Tarapacá
- Timezone
- America/Santiago
- Coordinates
- -20.2687, -70.1049
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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