Santa Laura works

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Santa Laura works is a historic Chilean saltpeter (nitrate) processing plant in the Atacama Desert, now preserved as part of a UNESCO World Heritage industrial heritage site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ghost town
historic industrial site
nitrate processing plant
saltpeter works
associatedWith Humberstone works
history of labor movements in Chile
builtFor processing natural sodium nitrate (saltpeter)
climate hyper-arid desert
conservationStatus preserved as industrial heritage
country Chile
countrySubdivision Tarapacá Region
currentUse open-air museum
tourist attraction
hasFeature administrative buildings remains
boilers and machinery remains
industrial ruins
processing plant structures
workers’ housing remains
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageType industrial heritage
industry nitrate industry
locatedIn Atacama Desert
Tarapacá Region
locatedOn Pampa del Tamarugal
materialProcessed saltpeter
sodium nitrate
nearestCity Iquique
partOf Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
surface form: Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works World Heritage property
periodOfSignificance late 19th and early 20th centuries
significance associated with the boom of Chilean saltpeter exports
illustrates the nitrate industry in the Atacama Desert
represents early 20th-century industrial technology
tourism accessible to visitors
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2005
UNESCOSiteCategory cultural
UNESCOSiteRegion Latin America
surface form: Latin America and the Caribbean
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
worldHeritageSiteWith Humberstone works

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