Chacabuco
Chacabuco is one of the many abandoned nitrate or "saltpeter" towns in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Other nitrate towns of the Atacama Desert include Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lorna-Lorna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Camp
- Description: national monument of Chile
- Also known as: “Oficina Chacabuco”
Chacabuco
- Category: historic site
- Location: Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile, South America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Chacabuco” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “查卡布科”
- French: “usine de salpêtre de Chacabuco”
- French: “Usine de salpêtre de Chacabuco”
- Hebrew: “קרב צ’קבוקו”
- Japanese: “チャカブコ”
- Spanish: “Oficina salitrera chacabuco”
- Spanish: “Oficina salitrera Chacabuco”
- Spanish: “Oficina Salitrera Chacabuco”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chacabuco”. Photo: Lorna-Lorna, CC BY-SA 3.0.