Amincha
 
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Amincha is a 3859 m high place in the north of the South American Andean state of Chile .
Until 1994 it was the starting point for the highest mine in the world on the Aucanquilcha (6176 m), which went into operation in 1913. Originally, the sulfur obtained on the mountain was brought to Amincha with llamas . In 1935 a material ropeway was opened, the valley station of which was just 2 km above the village. It was the highest material ropeway in the world. Later, instead of the disused cable car from Amincha, dirt roads were built to the 5334 m high Campamiento Aucanquilcha , some barracks in which miners were housed, and further to almost the summit of the Aucanquilcha at just over 6000 m.
The miners' barracks were considered to be the highest permanently populated place of residence of mankind. The road to the mine on the Aucanquilcha was the highest road in the world that could be driven by motor vehicles.
From Amincha, the B-105 road leads to the south side of the Aucanquilcha, where a camp and a road to a sulfur mine at an altitude of 5623 m have also been built.
Amincha still had 150 residents in 1992, but only 9 residents the next year after the mine was closed.
After that, the former mine manager and his family lived in Amincha, otherwise the place is a ghost town. The road to the Aucanquilcha is no longer completely passable due to a landslide a few years ago.
In the vicinity of the village there is a 1.36 km long runway with the ICAO code SCAM: Amincha / Amincha ( 21 ° 12 ′ 55.1 ″ S , 68 ° 20 ′ 1.3 ″ W ).
Coordinates: 21 ° 12 ′ S , 68 ° 20 ′ W