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unusual facts about Atacama



CF San Pedro de Atacama

CF San Pedro de Atacama is an association football team from Chile which represents the territory of San Pedro de Atacama at association football.

Church of San Pedro de Atacama

The Church of San Pedro de Atacama (Iglesia San Pedro de Atacama) is a Catholic church in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.

Gabriela Mistral

Poema de Chile describes the poet's return to Chile after death, in the company of an Indian boy from the Atacama desert and an Andean deer, the huemul.

Gian Godoy

His latest sculpture, Catimbano, made with copper cathodes from Chuquicamata mine, was inaugurated at the Museo Desierto de Atacama in Antofagasta.

Monte Pissis

This has developed the tourism in the Atacama Desert and now more people ascend the mountain, usually with a previous stop in Fiambalá to organise the climb.

Portezuelo del Cajón

The crossing is frequently used by tourists travelling between Uyuni and San Pedro de Atacama.

Prehispanic history of Chile

In the area to the north of the country, the Aymara and the Atacama began to cultivate land from the 11th century in the style of the Incas (growing plants on terraces on the sides of mountains with canal systems).

On the Pacific coast, different cultures and peoples coexisted: the Aymara, Chango, Chinchorro, Atacama, Diaguita in the north: the Picunche, Mapuche, Huilliche, Chono in the Central and Southern region; and the Ona, Yagan and Alakaluf in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.

Thaddäus Haenke

During his expedition through the Atacama desert, he discovered a method for transforming Chile saltpeter and Potassium chloride into Potassium nitrate.


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