Caspana
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Coordinates: 22 ° 20 ′ S , 68 ° 13 ′ W
Caspana on the map of Chile
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| Country | Chile |
| region | Antofagasta region |
| Residents | 429 |
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| height | 3200 m |
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Caspana is a municipality in northern Chile and belongs to the province of El Loa in the Región de Antofagasta .
The place is located 85 km northeast of Calama at an altitude of 3200 m in the canyon of the Caspana River , a tributary of the Río Salado . The river with permanent water is used to irrigate the terraced fields. The main crops are pears, apples, apricots and prickly pears, as well as flowers.
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In the higher, older part of the village is the church of San Lucas, built in 1641. It has been designated as a historical national monument of Chile since 1951.
In the village is the small Museo Etnográfico de Caspana with exhibits on the culture of the Atacameños . Archaeological finds such as tools and human skulls with artificial skull deformations are exhibited.
Web links
- CASPANA on GoChile.cl, Spanish
- Capilla San Lucas de Caspana , Spanish
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stone tablet in the center of Caspana
- ↑ Iglesia y Campanario de Caspana. Retrieved March 17, 2017 (Spanish).
- ↑ Nómina de Monumentos Nacionales declarados entre 1925 y 2004. Gobierno de Chile, 2005, p. 16 , accessed on August 18, 2019 (Spanish).