Pozo Almonte

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Pozo Almonte
Coordinates: 20 ° 15 ′  S , 69 ° 47 ′  W
Map: Tarapacá
marker
Pozo Almonte
Pozo Almonte on the map of Tarapacá
Basic data
Country ChileChile Chile
region Tarapacá
province Iquique
City foundation 17th February 1971
Residents 15,711  (2017)
City insignia
Escudo de Pozo Almonte.svg
Detailed data
surface 13,755 km 2
Population density 1 inhabitant / km 2
height 1072  m
Website Pozo Almonte
Street in Pozo Almonte
Street in Pozo Almonte
Pozo Almonte topographic map
Pozo Almonte topographic map

Pozo Almonte is a municipality in northern Chile . It includes the settlements of Pozo Almonte, La Huayca, La Tirana, La Colonia Pintados, Mamiña, Parca, Huatacondo and Macaya, as well as numerous ghost towns and industrial ruins left by the saltpeter mining, such as La Noria and the Humberstone and Santa Laura saltpeter works .

Individual evidence

  1. IM De Pozo Almonte (Ed.): Plan Regulador de Pozo Almonte comuna de Pozo Almonte . Memoria explicativa. Pozo Almonte 2003 ( online ( MS Word ; 3.4 MB) [accessed on May 17, 2013]).

Web links

Commons : Pozo Almonte  - collection of images, videos and audio files