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Antofagasta Region
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Antofagasta Region
The
II Antofagasta Region
is one of
Chile
's
fifteen first-order administrative divisions
. It comprises three provinces,
Antofagasta
,
El Loa
and
Tocopilla
. It is bordered to the north by
Tarapacá
and by
Atacama
to the south and is the second-largest region of
Chile
. To the east it borders
Bolivia
and
Argentina
. The capital of the region is the
port
city of
Antofagasta
, another important city being
Calama
. The main economic activity is copper mining in the giant
porphyry copper systems
located inland.
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