One of the largest duty-free commercial port centers (or Zona Franca) of South America;

On the Pacific coast, west of the Atacama Desert and the Pampa del Tamarugal. Hard against the dramatic coastal desert slopes, little Iquique was the 'Queen of the Coast' through the early part of this century, when the nitrate barons built fortunes on fertilizer shipped from here. Today some of their company towns, long deserted, are being preserved as monuments to the bygone era.










Special Note:

We direct travelers to our travel insurance provider, and point out that U.S. insurance plans seldom cover health costs outside the U.S., nor do Medicare and Medicaid.

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