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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Antofagasta
Britannica 11thANTOFAGASTA, a town and port of northern Chile and capital of the Chilean province of the same name, situated about 768 m. N. of Valparaiso in 23° 38' 39" S. lat. and 70° 24' 39" W. long. Pop. (est. 1902) 16,084. Antofagasta is the seaport for a railway runnin ...
Antithesis
Britannica 11th... Euphues. It is, however, a much more common feature in French than in ANTITYPE— ANTOFAGASTA '47 English; while in German, with tome striking exception*, it is •» nous by its absence.
Atacama
Britannica 11th... province of northern Chile, bounded N. and S. respectively by the provinces of Antofagasta and Coquimbo, and extending from the Pacific coast E. to the Argentine boundary line. It has an area of 30,729 sq. m., lying in great part within the Atacama desert reg ...
Tarapaca
Britannica 11th... RAPACA, a northern province of Chile, bounded N. by Tacna, E. by Bolivia, S. by Antofagasta, and W. by the Pacific. Area 18,131 sq. m. Pop. (1895) 89,751; (1902, estimated) 101,105. It is Part °f ^e rainless desert region of the Pacific coast of South America, ...