Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works

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Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works is a UNESCO World Heritage former nitrate mining complex in northern Chile that preserves the industrial and social history of the region’s once-flourishing saltpeter boom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site
former industrial complex
nitrate mining site
climate hyper-arid desert
conservationStatus partially preserved ruins
country Chile
currentUse open-air museum
tourist attraction
hasPart Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works self-linksurface differs
surface form: Humberstone works

Santa Laura works
church
industrial facilities
market
processing plants
public buildings
railway infrastructure
school
theatre
workers’ housing
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageDesignationStart 2005
historicalSignificance evidence of early 20th century labor movements in Chile
illustrates the saltpeter boom in northern Chile
testimony to global fertilizer trade
industry nitrate mining
saltpeter production
locatedIn Atacama Desert
Tarapacá Region
locatedNear Iquique
material concrete
corrugated iron
wood
partOf Chilean nitrate fields
product saltpeter fertilizer
sodium nitrate
significantPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
theme company town life
industrial heritage
social history of nitrate workers
transportConnection railway to Iquique port
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
UNESCOWorldHeritageEndangeredStatus List of World Heritage in Danger
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Latin America
surface form: Latin America and the Caribbean
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1178
UNESCOWorldHeritageStateParty Chile
UNESCOWorldHeritageYearInscribed 2005

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northern Chile historicalSite Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
subject surface form: Northern Chile
Tarapacá Region hasHeritageSite Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works hasPart Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Humberstone works
Pintados geoglyphs locatedNear Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
Chilean nitrate fields notableSite Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
Chilean nitrate fields UNESCOStatus Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
this entity surface form: Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works World Heritage Site
Santa Laura works UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
Santa Laura works partOf Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
this entity surface form: Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works World Heritage property