| La Huayca | |
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| La Huayca | |
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| Country | Chile |
| Region | Tarapacá |
| Province | El Tamarugal |
| Time zone | Coordinated Universal Time |
La Huayca (in Aymara : wayk'a, place of chili pepper') is a Chilean town. It is a town that is located 27 km from Pica, 16 km from La Tirana, 34 km from Pozo Almonte and 87 km from Iquique, in the Tarapacá Region Commune of Pozo Almonte, Chile.
Geography
It is a small town foundedaround 1850; built in stone, with a long street of lined houses and a plaza of old trees. La Huayca is an agricultural landscape in the middle of a desert. It was an area of large forests during the Colony. Around 1720, mining plants for the benefit of silver-bitron started which initiated the felling of the forest for firewood. A large population settled to work in alfalfa fields, in canchones for food and fattening of thousands of pack mules used in the nitrate works.
References
- "Tambobrass publica versión en vivo de "El Paletó de Santiago"". Futuro (in Spanish). 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- Viaintermedia.com. "Fotovoltaica - La Huayca: Se inaugura la primera etapa de una planta solar fotovoltaica". Energías Renovables, el periodismo de las energías limpias. (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- Actas del VII [i.e. séptimo] Congreso de Arqueología de Chile: Altos de Vilches, 27 de octubre al 1 de noviembre de 1977 (in Spanish). Ediciones Kultrun. 1979.
- Natural (Chile), Museo Nacional de Historia (1991). Boletín - Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (in Spanish).
20°25′54″S 69°33′37″W / 20.43167°S 69.56028°W / -20.43167; -69.56028
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