Antofagasta Region, Chile

The Antofagasta Region is one of Chile's sixteen first-order administrative divisions. Being the second-largest region of Chile in area, it comprises three provinces, Antofagasta, El Loa and Tocopilla. It is bordered to the north by Tarapacá, by Atacama to the south, and to the east by Bolivia and Argentina. The region's capital is the port city of Antofagasta; anothe…
The Antofagasta Region is one of Chile's sixteen first-order administrative divisions. Being the second-largest region of Chile in area, it comprises three provinces, Antofagasta, El Loa and Tocopilla. It is bordered to the north by Tarapacá, by Atacama to the south, and to the east by Bolivia and Argentina. The region's capital is the port city of Antofagasta; another one of its important cities is Calama. The region's main economic activity is copper mining in its giant inland porphyry copper systems.
  • Capital: Antofagasta
  • Highest elevation: 6,723 m (22,057 ft)
  • Country: Chile
  • Provinces: Tocopilla, El Loa, Antofagasta
  • Lowest elevation: 0 m (0 ft)
  • ISO 3166 code: CL-AN
  • HDI (2022): 0.881 · very high

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