Iquique

American

[ee-kee-ke] / iˈki kɛ /

noun

a seaport in N Chile.

Iquique British

/ iˈkike /

noun

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

Some of the migrants walk further after crossing the border and make it to the city of Iquique.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2021

"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

Iquique is the port from which about all the nitrates are shipped.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)

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