Chañaral
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Chañaral is a small coastal city and commune in the Atacama Region, Chile and capital of the Chañaral Province. The ocean is contaminated by the copper mining activity in the area.[1][2][3] Just north of the city lies Pan de Azúcar National Park.
It is the central town of a mining district dominated by medium-scale mining,[4] including the nearby El Carmen mine which is considered the basis for the medium-scale iron mining in Chile.[5]
History
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Demographics
According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE) the commune of Chañaral spans an area of Script error: No such module "convert". and had 13,543 inhabitants (6,968 men and 6,575 women). Of these, 13,180 (97.3%) lived in urban areas and 363 (2.7%) in rural areas. The population fell by 2.8% (393 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[6]
The demonym for a person from Chañaral is Chañaralino for a man and Chañaralina for a woman.
Administration
As a commune, Chañaral is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde (mayor) who is directly elected every four years. Since June 2021 the alcalde is Margarita Flores Salazar (PR).[7]
Climate
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