Atacama Region

E22348

administrative region region of Chile

The Atacama Region is a sparsely populated administrative region in northern Chile, known for encompassing part of the Atacama Desert and hosting some of the world’s highest volcanoes and driest landscapes.

Aliases (2)

Atacama region ×2
Atacama Region, Chile ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative region → region of Chile →
borders	Antofagasta Region → Argentina → Coquimbo Region →
capital	Copiapó →
climate	desert climate →
contains	Alto del Carmen → Atacama Desert → Bahía Inglesa → Caldera → Chañaral → Chañaral → surface form: "Chañaral Province" Copiapó Province → Copiapó River → Diego de Almagro → Freirina → Huasco → Huasco Province → Huasco River → Ojos del Salado → surface form: "Nevado Ojos del Salado" Nevado Tres Cruces National Park → Pan de Azúcar National Park → Salar de Pedernales → surface form: "Salar de Maricunga" Salar de Pedernales → Tierra Amarilla → Vallenar →
country	Chile →
economyBasedOn	agriculture → copper extraction → iron mining → mining → tourism →
governmentType	regional government of Chile →
hasCoastOn	Pacific Ocean →
hasFeature	astronomical observation sites → high solar radiation → low precipitation →
knownFor	driest landscapes on Earth → extremely arid climate → high-altitude volcanoes →
language	Chilean Spanish →
largestCity	Copiapó →
locatedIn	South America → northern Chile →
namedAfter	Atacama Desert →
officialLanguage	Spanish →
partOf	Chile → surface form: "Republic of Chile"
timezone	Chile Standard Time → Chile Summer Time →

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coquimbo Province → borderedBy → Atacama Region →

Paso de San Francisco → connects → Atacama Region →

this entity surface form: "Atacama Region, Chile"

Norte Chico of Chile → contains → Atacama Region →

Argentina–Chile border → hasSection → Atacama Region →

this entity surface form: "Atacama region"

Copiapó → isCapitalOf → Atacama Region →

Licancabur volcano → isLandmarkOf → Atacama Region →

subject surface form: "Licancabur"

this entity surface form: "Atacama region"

Caldera → locatedIn → Atacama Region →

Cerro Vicuña Mackenna → locatedIn → Atacama Region →

Chañaral → locatedIn → Atacama Region →

Copiapó → locatedIn → Atacama Region →

ESO 3.6 m Telescope → locatedIn → Atacama Region →

Laguna Verde (Chile) → locatedIn → Atacama Region →

Magellan I → locatedIn → Atacama Region →

Magellan Telescopes → locatedIn → Atacama Region →

Paso de San Francisco → locatedIn → Atacama Region →

Warsaw Telescope → locatedIn → Atacama Region →

Nevado San Francisco → locatedInRegion → Atacama Region →

Ojos del Salado → locatedInRegion → Atacama Region →

Caldera → partOf → Atacama Region →

Copiapó → region → Atacama Region →

Ruta CH-31 (Chile) → region → Atacama Region →