Humberstone is a ghost town in the Atacama Desert of Chile. Developed for the extraction of saltpeter, it is a Chilean National Monument and part of a...
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Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works are two former saltpeter refineries located in northern Chile. They were declared a UNESCO World Heritage...
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suburb Humberstone Humberstone railway station Humberstone Road railway station Humberstone Speedway, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada Humberstone, Chile, a...
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Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica...
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of Chile). He introduced the Shanks System and other innovations to the industry. The mining town of Humberstone now forms part of the Humberstone and...
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("Saint Laura Stadium") in Santiago, Chile and the Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works in northern Chile. Thomas Love Peacock wrote a ballad about...
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"Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works". Paris: UNESCO. Retrieved 11 December 2017. "The Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works site (Chile)...
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of 1972, ratified by Chile in 1980. These cultural sites are: Rapa Nui National Park Churches of Chiloé Valparaíso Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter...
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Sodium nitrate (redirect from Chile Saltpetre)
obtained by the processing of caliche. The former Chilean saltpeter mining communities of Humberstone and Santa Laura were declared UNESCO World Heritage...
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The economy of Chile has shifted substantially over time from the heterogeneous economies of the diverse indigenous peoples to an early husbandry-oriented...
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Chacabuco (category Saltpeter works in Chile)
Spanish) in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Other nitrate towns of the Atacama Desert include Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works. Unlike most...
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Antonio Valjalo (category Chile men's international footballers)
2013) was a Chilean footballer. He played in two matches for the Chile national football team from 1953 to 1955. He was also part of Chile's squad for the...
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Garden Sunday: Chicago Made, Little Stranger, Ella Jane, Michelle, Holly Humberstone, UMI, Poolside, DPR Ian + DPR Live, L'Impératrice BMI Thursday: Arath...
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Atacama Desert (category Ecoregions of Chile)
plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile. Stretching over a 1,600 km (990 mi) strip of land west of the Andes Mountains...
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Estación Central Estación Mapocho Estadio Nacional de Chile Funicular railways of Valparaíso Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Iglesia de Nuestra...
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Churches of Chiloé Easter Island Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Sewell, Chile Valparaíso Atacama Chilean Matorral Desventuradas Islands Juan...
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Santa María School massacre (category Massacres in Chile)
Film 1975 Humberto Solás, Cantata de Chile Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works List of massacres in Chile Marusia massacre Forrahue massacre Santa...
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Paz Errázuriz (category Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni)
Spain. 2007 Biennial Art in the Desert, Humberstone, Chile. 2007 "Signes d'existence", MAC Santiago, Chile. 2007 "Photographs: Errázuriz, Poirot and...
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Human rights in Chile Human trafficking in Chile Humanist Party (Chile) Humanitarian response to the 2010 Chile earthquake Humberstone and Santa Laura...
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"Sleep Tight", a Healy and Rob Milton composition, was released by Holly Humberstone in April 2022, and two tracks written by Healy, "Pictures of Us" and...
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Pampa del Tamarugal (category Forests of Chile)
tourist attractions in the Pampa del Tamarugal are the world heritage site Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works, the town of La Tirana, and the Pampa...
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Potassium nitrate (redirect from Chilean saltpetre)
it would "fall as a fine powder upon the table". History of gunpowder Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Niter, a mineral form of potassium nitrate...
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During most of Chile's history, from 1500 to the present, mining has been an important economic activity. 16th century mining was oriented towards the...
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Ramona Parra (category Deaths by firearm in Chile)
march being held by the Chilean Confederation of Workers. The workers were protesting for the rights for the miners in Humberstone, Mapocho and multiple...
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Due to the strike of the workers of the Mapocho Saltpeter Offices and Humberstone, who sued Cosatan for the rise in prices in the grocery stores, the Minister...
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Greater Manchester, England Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England Humberstone Garden Suburb, Leicester, England Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire...
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and discovered iodine. History of gunpowder in Catalonia Nitrate of Chile Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Caliche John Spencer Bassett; Edwin...
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September 23, 2010. "Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010. 29th session 2005, pp. 142–143 "The Humberstone and Santa Laura...
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2009, p. 139 "Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010. 29th session 2005, pp. 142–143 "The Humberstone and Santa Laura...
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Chile from the end of the Saltpeter War until the invention of synthetic saltpeter during World War I. Some of these towns, such as the Humberstone and...
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