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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Tarapaca
Britannica 11thTARAPACA, 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 Americ ...
Vol. 26, pp. 416-416
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Antofagasta
Britannica 11th... f 46,611 sq. m. lying within the desert of Atacama and between the provinces of Tarapaca and Atacama. It is rich in saline and other mineral deposits, the important Caracoles silver mines being about 90 m. north-east of the port of Antofagasta. Like the other ...
Vol. 2, pp. 147-147
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