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Chañaral

Chañaral

Chañaral is a small coastal city and commune in the , Chile and capital of the . The ocean is contaminated by the copper mining activity in the area.
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  • Type: Town with 11,100 residents
  • Description: city in Chile
  • Also known as: “Chanaral”, “Chañaral de las Animas”, and “Ciudad de Chañaral”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Iglesia de Chañaral and Millennium Lighthouse.

Church
Photo: Gbmendez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chañaral

Latitude
-26.34793° or 26° 20′ 53″ south
Longitude
-70.62236° or 70° 37′ 21″ west
Population
11,100
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
IATA airport code
CNR
United Nations Location Code
CL CNR
Open location code
575FM92H+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 214189440
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3895554
Wiki­data ID
Q3763
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Chañaral” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شانارال”
  • Asturian: “Chañaral”
  • Bashkir: “Чаньяраль”
  • Basque: “Chañaral”
  • Breton: “Chañaral”
  • Catalan: “Chañaral”
  • Chinese: “Chañaral”
  • Chinese: “查尼亚拉尔”
  • Chinese: “查尼亞拉爾”
  • Dutch: “Chañaral”
  • French: “Chañaral”
  • German: “Chañaral”
  • Italian: “Chañaral”
  • Japanese: “チャニャラル”
  • Korean: “차냐랄”
  • Lithuanian: “Čanjaralis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chañaral”
  • Northern Frisian: “Chañaral”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chañaral”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Chañaral”
  • Persian: “شانارال، شیلی”
  • Persian: “شانارال”
  • Polish: “Chañaral”
  • Portuguese: “Chañaral”
  • Romanian: “Chañaral”
  • Russian: “Чаньяраль”
  • Serbian: “Ћањарал”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chañaral”
  • Slovenian: “Chanaral”
  • Slovenian: “Chañaral”
  • Spanish: “Chañaral”
  • Swedish: “Chañaral”
  • Turkish: “Chañaral”
  • Ukrainian: “Чаньяраль”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chañaral”
  • Welsh: “Chañaral”

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Notable Places Nearby

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