Antofagasta

Antofagasta
Antofagasta
	Ceety an Commune
	Montage o Antofagasta, Top:View of downtown Antofagasta, 2nd left:Antofagasta Clock Tower in Armas Square, 2nd middle:Mano del Desierto Sand Sculpture in Atacama Desert, 2nd right:View of Coldelco area, 3rd left:Balneario Beach, 3rd right:Arturo shopping center area, Bottom:View of La Portada Natural Monument
	Coat airms
	Eik-name(s): La perla del Norte ("Pearl o the North")
	Motto(s): "Gloria, patria y tesón es tu lema y tu honor"; ("Glory, hameland an tenacity is your motto an your honor")
	Map o Antofagasta's urban hinterland
	Antofagasta Location in Chile
	Coordinates: 23°39′S 70°24′W / 23.650°S 70.400°W
Kintra	Chile
Region	Antofagasta
Province	Antofagasta
Settled	22 October 1868
Caipital	Antofagasta
Govrenment
• Teep	Municipal cooncil
• Alcalde	Karen Rojo
Area
• Total	30718.1 km2 (11,860.3 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population (2002 Census)
• Total	296,905
• Density	9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
• Urban	295792
• Landwart	1113
Sex
• Men	153,220
• Weemen	143,685
Time zone	UTC−4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−3 (CLST)
Postal code	3580000
Area code(s)	+56 73
Website	Municipality o Antofagasta

Antofagasta (Spaingie pronunciation: [antofaˈɣasta] ( listen)) is a port ceety in northren Chile, aboot 700 mile (1,130 km) north o Santiago. It is the caipital o Antofagasta Province an Antofagasta Region. Accordin tae the 2002 census, the ceety haes a population o 296,905.^[4] Housomeivver, a recent population projection bi the Naitional Institute o Statistics o Chile in 2009, says the ceety haes an estimatit population o 360,473 inhabitants.^[5]

Twin touns – Sister ceeties

The ceety o Antofagasta haes signed protocols o Twin touns wi:

Corvallis, Oregon, USA.^[6]
Split, Croatie.^[7]
Tongling, Cheenae.^[7]
Volos, Greece
Ambato, Ecuador

References

↑ [1]
↑ (in Spaingie) "Municipality of Antofagasta". Archived frae the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
↑ ^a ^b ^c "National Statistics Institute" (in Spainish). Archived frae the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
↑ National Institute of Statistics of Chile (ed.). "Cities, Towns, Villages and Hamlets". Archived frae the original on 9 Februar 2006. Retrieved 22 Juin 2007.
↑ Mercurio de Antofagasta (ed.). "Antofagasta ya superó los 360 mil habitantes". Retrieved 2 Juin 2009.
↑ "What is Exponor?". Exponor. 2002. Archived frae the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2006.
↑ ^a ^b "Antofagasta will have a twin city in Greece". Número 34.337 de El Mercurio de Antofagasta. 2002. Retrieved 24 September 2006.

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[Official-2] (in Spaingie) "Municipality of Antofagasta". Archived frae the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.

[INE-3] "National Statistics Institute" (in Spainish). Archived frae the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2010.

[4] National Institute of Statistics of Chile (ed.). "Cities, Towns, Villages and Hamlets". Archived frae the original on 9 Februar 2006. Retrieved 22 Juin 2007.

[mercurioantofagasta.cl-5] Mercurio de Antofagasta (ed.). "Antofagasta ya superó los 360 mil habitantes". Retrieved 2 Juin 2009.

[Exponor-6] "What is Exponor?". Exponor. 2002. Archived frae the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2006.

[Ciudad_hermana-7] "Antofagasta will have a twin city in Greece". Número 34.337 de El Mercurio de Antofagasta. 2002. Retrieved 24 September 2006.

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