northern Chile

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macro-region of Chile

Northern Chile is an arid, sparsely populated macro-region of Chile known for the Atacama Desert, rich mineral resources, and clear skies ideal for astronomical observatories.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northern Chile	11
Atacama Region	2
Chilean Norte macro-region	1
Norte Chico (Chile)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	macro-region of Chile ⓘ
borders	Bolivia ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ Peru ⓘ
characterizedBy	arid climate ⓘ high solar radiation ⓘ sparse population ⓘ
climateType	desert climate ⓘ
contains	Altiplano plateau ⓘ surface form: Altiplano Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ⓘ Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ Puna de Atacama ⓘ surface form: Chajnantor Plateau La Silla Observatory ⓘ Paranal Observatory ⓘ salar de Atacama ⓘ surface form: Salar de Atacama Very Large Telescope ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
hasCity	Antofagasta ⓘ Arica ⓘ Calama ⓘ Copiapó ⓘ Iquique ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	astronomy-related services ⓘ mining ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasFeature	Andes ⓘ surface form: Andes Mountains coastal range ⓘ high-altitude plateaus ⓘ intermediate depression ⓘ salt flats ⓘ
hasPart	Antofagasta Region ⓘ Arica y Parinacota Region ⓘ Atacama Desert ⓘ Tarapacá Region ⓘ parts of the Atacama Region ⓘ
historicalActivity	nitrate industry ⓘ
historicalSite	Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works ⓘ
knownFor	Atacama Desert ⓘ astronomical observatories ⓘ astronomical seeing quality ⓘ clear skies ⓘ copper mining ⓘ lithium reserves ⓘ nitrate deposits ⓘ
locatedIn	South America ⓘ Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
partOf	Chile ⓘ surface form: Republic of Chile
timeZone	Chile Standard Time ⓘ Chile Summer Time ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

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

north-central Chile → borders → northern Chile ⓘ

Chilean Coastal Range → extendsFrom → northern Chile ⓘ

Claro River → flowsThrough → northern Chile ⓘ

Tiwanaku culture → influenceRegion → northern Chile ⓘ

San Pedro de Atacama → isPartOf → northern Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Chile

Antofagasta → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Chile

Antofagasta Region → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Arica y Parinacota Region → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Chile

Atacama Desert → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Atacama Region → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Baade Telescope → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atacama Region

Calama → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Caldera → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Chile

Cerro Pachón → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Cerro Vicuña Mackenna → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Chañaral → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Choapa Valley → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Choapa Valley wine region → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Coastal Range → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

subject surface form: Coastal Range (Chile)

Copiapó → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Chile

Coquimbo → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Chile

Coquimbo Province → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Coquimbo Region → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Coquimbo campus → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Coquimbo wine region → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Chile

Elqui River → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Chile

Elqui Valley → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Fray Jorge National Park → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

La Serena → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Laguna Verde (Chile) → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Lascar volcano → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Limarí Valley → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Chile

Mamalluca Observatory → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Chile

Puna de Atacama → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Ruta CH-31 (Chile) → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Río Choapa → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

salar de Atacama → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

subject surface form: Salar de Atacama

Taltal → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Tarapacá Region → locatedIn → northern Chile ⓘ

Arica → locatedInPartOfCountry → northern Chile ⓘ

Faculty of Engineering → locatedInRegion → northern Chile ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Engineering, University of La Serena

this entity surface form: Northern Chile

Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park → locatedOffCoastOf → northern Chile ⓘ

La Serena → partOf → northern Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norte Chico (Chile)

Norte Chico of Chile → partOf → northern Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chilean Norte macro-region

La Florida Airport → servesRegionOfCountry → northern Chile ⓘ

Chile Standard Time → usedInRegion → northern Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atacama Region