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Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chilei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Calama | Municipality |
| El Loa Province | Province |
| Antofagasta | Region |
| Chile | Country |
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Neighbouring regions:
Type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Calama | 143,084 (2018) |
Other Languages:
French:
Calama, El Loa, Région d'Antofagasta, Chili
German:
Calama, Región de Antofagasta, Chile
Italian:
Calama, provincia di El Loa, Regione di Antofagasta, Cile
Russian:
Калама, Эль-Лоа, Антофагаста, Чили
Simplified Chinese:
卡拉馬, 洛阿省, 安托法加斯塔大区, 智利
Spanish:
Calama, El Loa, Región de Antofagasta, Chile
Arabic:
كالاما, إقليم أنتوفاغاستا, تشيلي
Aymara:
Calama, Chili
Azeri:
Kalama, Çili
Basque:
Calama, Antofagasta eskualdea, Txile
Bavarian:
Calama, Región de Antofagasta, Chile
Bengali:
ক্যালামা, চিলি
Bulgarian:
Калама, Антофагаста, Чили
Catalan:
Calama, Regió d'Antofagasta, Xile
Cebuano:
Calama, Provincia de El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile
Czech:
Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
Danish:
Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
Dutch:
Calama, El Loa, Antofagasta, Chili
Esperanto:
Calama , Antofagasta, Ĉilio
Farsi/Persian:
کالاما , ال لوآ, منطقه آنتوفاگاستا, شیلی
Finnish:
Calama, Antofagastan alue, Chile
Galician:
Calama, Rexión de Antofagasta, Chile
Greek:
Καλάμα, Χιλή
Guarani:
Calama, Chile
Gujarati:
કલામા, ચીલી
Hebrew:
קלמה, אנטופגסטה, צ’ילה
Hindi:
कैलामा, चिली
Hungarian:
Calama, Chile
Indonesian:
Calama, Chili
Japanese:
カラマ, エルロア県, アントファガスタ州, チリ
Kannada:
ಕ್ಯಾಲಮಾ, ಚಿಲಿ
Korean:
칼라마, 엘로아 현, 안토파가스타 주, 칠레
Latvian:
Kalamata, Čīle
Lithuanian:
Kalama, Antofagastos regionas, Čilė
Macedonian:
Калама, Чиле
Malay:
Calama, Chile
Marathi:
कॅलामा, चिली
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Calama, El Loa, Chile
Mongolian:
Калама, Чили
Nahuatl:
Calama, Chile
Norwegian:
Calama, El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile
Occitan:
Calama, Region d'Antofagasta, Chile
Polish:
Calama, El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile
Portuguese:
Calama, El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile
Quechua:
Kalama, Antofagasta suyu, Chili
Romanian:
Calama, Provincia El Loa, Regiunea Antofagasta, Chile
Serbian:
Калама, Регион Антофагаста, Чиле
Serbo-Croatian:
Calama, Regija Antofagasta, Čile
Sinhalese:
කැලමා, චිලී
Slovenian:
Calama, Čile
Swedish:
Calama, Provincia de El Loa, Región de Antofagasta, Chile
Tamil:
கலாமா, சிலி
Tatar:
Калама, Чили
Telugu:
కాలమా, చిలీ
Thai:
กาลามา, ชิลี
Turkish:
Calama, Antofagasta bölgesi, Şili
Ukrainian:
Калама, Ель-Лоа, II Регіон Антофагаста, Чилі
Urdu:
کالاما, چلی
Vietnamese:
Calama, El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile
Vlax Romani:
Calama, Chile
Waray:
Calama, El Loa, II Rehiyon han Antofagasta, Chile
Zazaki:
Calama, Şili
Calama is a city and commune in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It is the capital of El Loa Province, part of the Antofagasta Region. Calama is one of the driest cities in the world, with average annual precipitation of just 5 mm (0.20 in). The River Loa, Chile's longest, flows through the city.
The commune also encompasses the Quechua communities of Estación San Pedro, Toconce and Cupo; and the Lickan-antay communities of Taira, Conchi Viejo, Lasana, San Francisco de Chiu Chiu, Aiquina-Turi, and Caspana.
In 2003 the nearby town of Chuquicamata, once the largest open-pit copper mine in the world, was dismantled citing environmental reasons and encroachment from the mine's expansion. Residents of Chuquicamata then moved to Calama, away from company-owned residences, to find housing on their own.
The commune also encompasses the Quechua communities of Estación San Pedro, Toconce and Cupo; and the Lickan-antay communities of Taira, Conchi Viejo, Lasana, San Francisco de Chiu Chiu, Aiquina-Turi, and Caspana.
In 2003 the nearby town of Chuquicamata, once the largest open-pit copper mine in the world, was dismantled citing environmental reasons and encroachment from the mine's expansion. Residents of Chuquicamata then moved to Calama, away from company-owned residences, to find housing on their own.
Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile