Colchane
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Coordinates: 19 ° 17 ′ S , 68 ° 38 ′ W Colchane on the map of Chile
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| Country | Chile | |
| Department | Tarapacá | |
| Residents | 1649 (2002) | |
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| height | 3718 m | |
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Colchane is a town and a district in the province of Tamarugal in the Tarapacá region in the north of the South American Andean state of Chile .
The border town of Colchane is located at an altitude of 3718 m at the transition from the Bolivian Altiplano to the Chilean Cordillera Occidental on the left, northern bank of the Río Isluga , which flows 25 km downstream into the Salar de Coipasa salt lake . East of Colchane on the Bolivian side is the village of Pisiga Bolívar , and on the Chilean side on the other side of the river is the village of Pisiga Carpa .
The Colchane district includes the towns of Isluga , Enquelga, Cariquima and Chijo.
Colchane is the Chilean district with the highest poverty rate in the republic, 34.56 percent of the population live below the poverty line (Encuesta Casen, 2006).