Arica Photo 4

Arica

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May 5th 2010
Arica is quite a large town nestled on the coast a handful of miles from the Peruvian border. Being a border town which once had the biggest silver mine in the world and copious amounts of nitrate deposits not far south it has been hotly fought over in bygone years. There is a large sandstone cliff at the south end of town known as El Morro de Arica and during the war of the Pacific in the 1 ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more