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Iquique

American  
[ee-kee-ke] / iˈki kɛ /

noun

  1. a seaport in N Chile.


Iquique British  
/ iˈkike /

noun

  1. a port in N Chile: oil refineries. Pop: 243 000 (2005 est)

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The worst quality clothes end up at La Quebradilla, a huge open air market near the town of Alto Hospicio, around half an hour uphill from Iquique, and still within Zofri.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2026

"Iquique is a small city and it is overflowing."

From Reuters Nov. 25, 2021

This has inspired ugly protests on the right: In late September, 3,000 people in Iquique, a northern port city, gathered to protest the camps of undocumented Venezuelans.

From Slate Nov. 19, 2021

The other laicized priest, Bishop Fernandez, was 42 when he became the bishop of Iquique.

From New York Times Oct. 13, 2018

From the port of Iquique, in Peru, a visit was made across the desert to the nitrate of soda mines.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

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