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Litoral Department

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The Department of Litoral, commonly known as the Bolivian coast, was the description of the extent of the Pacific coast of the Atacama desert included in the territory of Bolivia from its inception in 1825 until 1879, when it was lost to Chile. [1]

20 relations: Andrés de Santa Cruz, Antofagasta, Atacama Desert, Bolivia, Calama, Chile, Chile, Coat of arms of Bolivia, Cobija, Chile, Independence, Landlocked country, Loa River, Mejillones, Pacific Ocean, Paposo, Peru, Potosí Department, Sodium nitrate, Tarapacá Department (Peru), Tocopilla, War of the Pacific.

Andrés de Santa Cruz

Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana (December 5, 1792 in Huarina, Bolivia – September 25, 1865 in Beauvoir, France) served as the seventh President of Peru during 1827, the Interim President of Peru from 1836 to 1838 and President of Bolivia (1829–39).

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Antofagasta

Antofagasta is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago.

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Atacama Desert

The Atacama Desert (Desierto de Atacama) is a plateau in South America (primarily in Chile), covering a 1000-km (600-mi) strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains.

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Bolivia

Bolivia (Mborivia; Buliwya; Wuliwya), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Calama, Chile

Calama is a city and commune in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Coat of arms of Bolivia

The coat of arms of Bolivia has a central cartouche surrounded by Bolivian flags, muskets, laurel branches, and has an Andean condor on top.

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Cobija, Chile

Cobija (previously known as Puerto La Mar) was the first significant Pacific Ocean port of independent Bolivia.

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Independence

Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over the territory.

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Landlocked country

A landlocked state or landlocked country is a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land, or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas.

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Loa River

The Loa River (Spanish: Río Loa) is a U-shaped river in Chile's northern Antofagasta Region.

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Mejillones

Mejillones is a Chilean port city and commune in Antofagasta Province in the Antofagasta Region.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Paposo

Paposo or Caleta Paposo is a hamlet in the southern part of Antofagasta Province, Chile.

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Peru

Peru (Perú; Piruw Republika; Piruw Suyu), officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.

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Potosí Department

Potosí (P'utuqsi) is a department in southwestern Bolivia.

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Sodium nitrate

Sodium nitrate is the chemical compound with the formula NaNO3.

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Tarapacá Department (Peru)

The Tarapacá Department was an old territorial division of Peru, which existed between 1878 and 1884.

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Tocopilla

Tocopilla is a city and commune in the Antofagasta Region, in the north of Chile.

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War of the Pacific

The War of the Pacific (Guerra del Pacífico), also known as the Salpeter War (Guerra del Salitre) and by multiple other names (see the etymology section below) was a war between Chile on one side and a Bolivian-Peruvian alliance on the other.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litoral_Department

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