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Alto Hospicio, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chilei
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Alto HospicioCommune
Iquique ProvinceProvince
TarapacáRegion
ChileCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
282004
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:282004:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Alto Hospicio, province d'Iquique, Chili
German:
Alto Hospicio, Chile
Italian:
Alto Hospicio, provincia di Iquique, Cile
Russian:
Альто-Осписио, Икике, Чили
Simplified Chinese:
上霍斯皮西奧, 伊基克省, 智利
Spanish:
Alto Hospicio, Iquique, Chile
Arabic:
ألتو هوسبيكيو, تشيلي
Basque:
Alto Hospicio, Iquique probintzia, Txile
Catalan:
Alto Hospicio, Xile
Cebuano:
Alto Hospicio, Provincia de Iquique, Chile
Dutch:
Alto Hospicio, Iquique, Chili
Farsi/Persian:
التو هاسپیکیو, استان ایگیگه, شیلی
Korean:
알토오스피시오, 이키케 현, 칠레
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Alto Hospicio, Iquique, Chile
Occitan:
Alto Hospicio, Chile
Polish:
Alto Hospicio, Chile
Portuguese:
Alto Hospicio, Iquique, Chile
Romanian:
Alto Hospicio, Provincia Iquique, Chile
Romansh:
Alto Hospicio, Chile
Serbian:
Алто Осписио, Чиле
Swedish:
Alto Hospicio, Provincia de Iquique, Chile
Tatar:
Альто-Осписио, Чили
Turkish:
Alto Hospicio, Şili
Zazaki:
Alto Hospicio, Şili


Alto Hospicio is a Chilean municipality located next to Iquique, in the Iquique Province, I Region. It is a fast-growing, popular area in the heights of Iquique. It is the second-largest commune of the Greater Iquique urbanization.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_Hospicio
Wikidata ID:Q2217
GeoNames ID:8261202

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Altiplano PlateTectonic Plate
Chile
South America
South America Plate

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