Chañarcillo
Chañarcillo is a town and mine in the Atacama Desert of Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile, located near Vallenar and 60 km from Copiapó. It is noted for its silver mining.
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- Description: silver mining district
- Also known as: “Mineral Chañarcillo”
Chañarcillo
- Category: mine
- Location: Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Northern Chile, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-27.81226° or 27° 48′ 44″ south
Longitude
-70.41486° or 70° 24′ 54″ west
Open location code
574F5HQP+33
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Chañarcillo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “查尼亚西略”
- Chinese: “查納西約”
- Dutch: “Chañarcillo”
- French: “Chañarcillo”
- German: “Chanarcillo”
- German: “Chañarcillo”
- Portuguese: “Chañarcillo”
- Romanian: “Chañarcillo”
- Spanish: “Chanarcillo”
- Spanish: “Chañarcillo”
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