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Humberstone, Chile

Ghost town in Atacama of Chile From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Humberstone is a ghost town in the Atacama desert of Chile.

History

The town was founded as "La Palma" in 1872 for workers at the adjacent potassium nitrate extraction plant of the Peruvian Nitrate Company.[1][2] James Thomas Humberstone later became the CEO of the Peruvian Nitrate Company.

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