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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 big driver of this is the free-trade port of Iquique in the north of the country.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026

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

Juana Rodriguez, a Chilean resident in Iquique, said many locals felt anger over jobs and alleged that migrants to the country were simply asking for handouts.

From Reuters ● Sep. 27, 2021

“The day they bring me proof against Bishop Barros, I’ll speak,” Francis told a reporter on Jan. 18 in Iquique, Chile.

From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2018

After wandering over the world for some time Smith settled down in a little village near Iquique, where he had a small garden containing fruit-trees and flowers.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Jewett Castello Gilson

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