Calama
Calama is a city and commune in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It is the capital of El Loa Province, part of the Antofagasta Region. Calama is one of the driest cities in the world with average annual precipitation of just 5 mm.
- City with about 158,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 2,260 metres (7,410 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code CJC
- …is also known as “Calama, Chile”
- Description: city in Chile
Places of Interest
Discover Estadio Zorros del Desierto and St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Calama.
Estadio Zorros del Desierto
Estadio Municipal "Zorros del Desierto" de Calama…
St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Calama
The St. John the Baptist Cathedral Also Calama…
Mall Plaza Calama
Mall Plaza Calama is a shopping center.
Calama
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Latitude
-22.4624° or 22° 27′ 45″ south
Longitude
-68.9272° or 68° 55′ 38″ west
UN/LOCODE
CL CJC
Open location code
579HG3QF+24
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
Satellite Map
See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Calama” goes by many names.
كالاماArabic
CalamaAymara
KalamaAzerbaijani
CalamaBasque
CalamaBavarian
КалямаBelarusian
ক্যালামাBengali
КаламаBulgarian
CalamaCatalan
CalamaCebuano
卡拉馬Chinese
卡拉马Chinese
CalamaCzech
CalamaDanish
CalamaDimli (individual language)
CalamaDutch
CalamaEsperanto
CalamaFinnish
CalamaGalician
ΚαλάμαGreek
CalamaGuarani
કલામાGujarati
קלמהHebrew
कालामाHindi
CalamaHungarian
CalamaIndonesian
CalamaItalian
カラマJapanese
ಕ್ಯಾಲಮಾKannada
칼라마Korean
KalamataLatvian
KalamaLithuanian
КаламаMacedonian
CalamaMalay
CalamaMaltese
कॅलामाMarathi
CalamaMin Nan Chinese
КаламаMongolian
CalamaNorthern Frisian
CalamaNorwegian
CalamaNorwegian Bokmål
CalamaOccitan (post 1500)
کالاماPersian
CalamaPolish
KalamaQuechua
CalamaRomanian
Calama, ChileRomanian
КаламаRussian
КаламаSerbian
CalamaSerbo-Croatian
කැලමාSinhala
CalamaSlovak
CalamaSlovenian
کالاماUrdu
کالاما، چلیUrdu
CalamaVietnamese
CalamaVlax Romani
CalamaWaray (Philippines)
Calama, ChileWaray (Philippines)
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