Tocopilla
Americannoun
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Tocopilla, population 24,000, nicknamed Devil's Corner, has declined since industry departedbut the pollution has been slower to head out with it.
From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2014
The squirrel from Tocopilla really was a great player after all.
From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2014
"The Dance of Reality" is something of a psychological and emotional memoir, based on the filmmaker's boyhood in the small Chilean coastal town of Tocopilla, but building to something more fantastic and poetic.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2014
The ports of Iquique, Arica, Patache, and Tocopilla remained closed early on Thursday.
From Scientific American • Apr. 3, 2014
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On shore the fortune of war was similar, and the highly disciplined Chilian army, advancing to the north, occupied Antofagásta, Cobija, and Tocopilla.
From South America by Koebel, W. H. (William Henry)
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