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The Astoreca Palace in Iquique, reflecting the influence of Spanish colonial architecture. Iquique (Spanish pronunciation:) is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert.
As a province, Iquique is a second-level administrative division of Chile, which is further divided into two communes (comunas): the capital Iquique and its suburb Alto Hospicio. The province is administered by the presidentially appointed regional delegate.
The walled enclosure of ZOFRI, truck loading place Bolivians, Peruvians and Paraguayans. The Zona Franca de Iquique, known by the acronym Zofri (in English Free Zone of Iquique), is located in the coastal port city of Iquique, in Iquique Province of the Tarapacá Region, northwestern Chile.
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 .
Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P. [1] is a Chilean football club based in Iquique that is a current member of the Chilean Primera División. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capacity. Iquique has spent 19 seasons in the Primera División, its longest spell lasting ten years (1980–90).
Humberstone and Santa Laura are located 45 km east of the city of Iquique in the Atacama Desert in the Tarapacá Region in northern Chile. [3] Other saltpeter works or "nitrate towns" include Chacabuco, Maria Elena, Pedro de Valdivia, Puelma and Aguas Santas.
It comprises two provinces, Iquique and Tamarugal. It borders the Chilean Arica y Parinacota Region to the north, Bolivia's Oruro Department and Potosí Department on the east, Chile's Antofagasta Region to the south and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The port city of Iquique is the region's capital.
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