Iquique metropolitan area
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The Iquique metropolitan area is the principal urban and economic center of northern Chile’s Tarapacá Region, known for its major Pacific port, free-trade zone, and coastal desert setting.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| city of Iquique | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | metropolitan area ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Zofri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeCenterOf | Iquique Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| faces | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCity | Alto Hospicio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate |
arid climate
ⓘ
desert climate ⓘ |
| hasCoreCity | Iquique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
commerce
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ logistics ⓘ mining services ⓘ port services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportanceFor |
Tarapacá Region public finances
ⓘ
northern Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature | free-trade zone ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
gateway for exports from northern Chile
ⓘ
gateway for imports to northern Chile ⓘ regional commercial hub ⓘ regional logistics hub ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalCharacteristic | coastal desert setting ⓘ |
| hasMajorPort | Port of Iquique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPortFunction |
bulk cargo handling
ⓘ
container traffic ⓘ passenger services ⓘ |
| hasSpecialEconomicZone | Zona Franca de Iquique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTopographicalFeature |
coastal cliffs
ⓘ
narrow coastal plain ⓘ |
| hasTourismAttractionType |
beaches
ⓘ
duty-free shopping ⓘ historic quarter ⓘ |
| hasTransportInfrastructure |
Iquique port facilities
ⓘ
regional highways ⓘ |
| hasUrbanForm | linear coastal development ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Tarapacá Region urban system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPrincipalEconomicCenterOf | Tarapacá Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPrincipalUrbanCenterOf | Tarapacá Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atacama Desert
ⓘ
Tarapacá Region NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Chile ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Pacific coast ⓘ |
| servesAs | service center for mining operations in northern Chile ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Chile Standard Time
ⓘ
Chile Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
city of Iquique