IQUIQUE  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin , cold, or tchili, snow)

Chile, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• TARAPACA

Tarapaca, 82o m . N. of See also:

• VALPARAISO

Valparaiso, in 20° 12' 15" S., 70° I I' 15" W . Pop . (1895), 33,031; (1900, est.), 42,440 . The See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast here runs due N. and S. and the city is built on a narrow level See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain between the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea and bluffs, the latter rising steeply 2000 ft. to the level of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• DESERT

desert plain of Tarapaca, celebrated for its See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich deposits of nitrate of soda . Facing the city is the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low barren See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Serrano, or Iquique, which is connected with the mainland by a See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone See also:

• CAUSEWAY

causeway 1500 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, and shelters the anchorage from southerly storms . A See also:

• MOLE
• MOLE, LOUIS MATHIEU, COMTE (1781—1855)
• MOLE, MATHIEU (1584—1656)

mole extending from the N.E. end of the island affords some further See also:

• PROTECTION

protection . The city is laid out in the rectangular See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, with broad streets and large squares . See also:

• WATER

Water is brought by pipes from See also:

• PICA

Pica, 50 M. distant . Iquique is a city of much commercial importance and is provided with See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks, substantial business houses, See also:

• NEWSPAPERS

newspapers, clubs, See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, tramways, electric See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights, See also:

• TELEPHONE (Gr. rjXs, far, and dxwvr7, voice)

telephone lines, and steamship and See also:

• CABLE (from Late Lat. capulum, a halter, from capere, to take hold of)
• CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1844– )

cable communication with the outside See also:

• WORLD

world . It exports See also:

• IODINE (symbol I, atomic weight '26.92)

iodine and immense quantities of nitrate of soda obtained from the desert region of the province . A large number of vessels are engaged in the nitrate See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, and Iquique ranks as one of the two leading ports of Chile in the aggregate value of its See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce .

It is connected by See also:

• RAIL

rail with the inland See also:

• TOWN

town of Tarapaca and various See also:

• MINING

mining centres, and through them with the ports of Pisagua on the N., and Patillos on the S . Iquique was an insignificant Peruvian fishing See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement until 183o when the export of nitrate began . In 1868 the town was nearly destroyed by an See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake, in 1875 by See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, and again in 1877 by earthquakes, a fire and a tidal See also:

• WAVE

wave . It was occupied by the Chileans in 1879 in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war between Chile and See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru, and was ceded to Chile by the treaty of the loth of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1883 .