Coquimbo

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Coquimbo

Coquimbo is a port city and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway

Pan-American Highway

The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads nearly 48,000 kilometres in total length. Except for an 87 kilometre rainforest gap, called the Dari?n Gap, the road links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system....
, in the Coquimbo Region

Coquimbo Region

The IV Coquimbo Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is some 400 km north of the capital, Santiago, Chile.The capital and largest city is La Serena, Chile, Chile's second oldest city ? a colonial-style beach resort....
of Chile

Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
. Coquimbo lies in a valley 10 km south of La Serena

La Serena

La Serena is a Chilean city and Communes of Chile in Elqui Province and capital of the Coquimbo Region. Founded in 1544, it is the country's third oldest city after Santiago, Chile and Arica, Chile....
, with which it forms Greater La Serena

Greater La Serena

Greater La Serena or Greater Coquimbo is a Chilean conurbation that includes the La Serena, Chile and Coquimbo communes in the Coquimbo Region....
with more than 400,000 inhabitants. The average temperature in the city lies around 14° C, and precipitation is sparse.

The natural harbor in Coquimbo was taken over by Pedro de Valdivia

Pedro de Valdivia

Pedro Guti?rrez de Valdivia was a Spain conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1534, where he served under Francisco Pizarro in Peru....
from Spain

Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
in 1550.

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Coquimbo is a port city and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway

Pan-American Highway

Coquimbo Region

Chile

La Serena

Greater La Serena

Pedro de Valdivia

Spain

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
and copper

Copper

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29.It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity....
industry in the region led to the city's importance as a port around 1840 and many Europe

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
ans especially from England

England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
settled in Coquimbo. In 1867, it was recognized as a town. It is currently undergoing a process of urban renewal initiated by its mayor, Pedro Velasquez.

The city itself, a gritty industrial and shipping center, is growing quickly, registering a 32.8% growth rate from 1992 to 2002. The population, according to the 2002 Chilean census, was 154,316, with 8,720 people living in the countryside surrounding the city for a total of 163,036 inhabitants of the comuna.

Tourism has started to develop recently. It is an access point for popular beach towns to the south, such as Guanaqueros

Guanaqueros

Guanaqueros is a Chilean town in the Communes of Chile of Coquimbo, Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region. It is located 12 kilometers from Tongoy. It is a fishermen's cove, which spreads along the eastern rim of the Cerro Guanaqueros , and with its houses built facing to the north in the direction of the Pacific Ocean....
and Tongoy. The port is still important for shipping, especially fruit

Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
and copper from mines in the region. Wine

Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
is also grown in the region.