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Arica

South America

Arica is a port city and commune in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region, and is Chile's northernmost city, located only 18 kilometers south of the border with Peru. It is the capital of both the Arica Province and the Arica y Parinacota Region, sitting at the bend of South America's western coast known as the Arica Bend or Arica Elbow, where the Azapa and Lluta valleys, which dissect the Atacama Desert and provide citrus and olives for export, converge.

Facts
Population
241,653 1
Area (sq km)
43.51 2
Founding Year
1541 2
Elevation (m)
2 2
Latitude
18.478389 degrees south 2
Longitude
70.321222 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC-04:00 3
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Chile, Countries

Arica is a port city and commune in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region.

Source Arica (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Arica (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: population_total
    241653
  • Associated With: Chile, Lead section
    Arica ( ə-REE-kə; Spanish: [aˈɾika]) is a port city and commune in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region.
  • On Continent: South America, Lead section, continent reference
    Arica is located at the bend of South America's western coast known as the Arica Bend or Arica Elbow.
  • In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Arica (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -18.478389, longitude -70.321222
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 2 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 43.51 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1541
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3. GeoNames: Arica - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3899361
    -18.47552 -70.30058 P PPLA CL 16 151 15101 241653 80 America/Santiago
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 80 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -18.25, -70.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -18.25, -70.25
-18.25 -70.25 BWh
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Wikidata: Arica
Wikidata Q2203, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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