Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works' has mentioned 'Chile' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter WorksUNESCO World Heritage SiteLocationIquique Province, Tarapacxc3xa1 Region, ChileIncludesHumberstone, Chile 20xc2xb012xe2x80xb230xe2x80xb3S 69xc2xb047xe2x80xb243xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf20.20833xc2xb0S 69.79528xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / -20.20833; -69.79528Santa Laura, Chile 20xc2xb012xe2x80xb240xe2x80xb3S 69xc2xb048xe2x80xb245xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf20.21111xc2xb0S 69.81250xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / -20.21111; -69.81250CriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(ii), (iii), (iv)Reference1178bisInscription2005 (29th session)Extensions2011Endangered2005xe2x80x932019[1]Area573.48xc2xa0ha (1,417.1 acres)Bufferxc2xa0zone12,055xc2xa0ha (29,790 acres)CoordinatesCoordinates: 20xc2xb012xe2x80xb232xe2x80xb3S 69xc2xb048xe2x80xb218xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf20.209xc2xb0S 69.805xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / -20.209; -69.805Location of Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works in Tarapacxc3xa1 RegionShow map of Tarapacxc3xa1 RegionHumberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works (Chile)Show map of Chile | WIKI |
| Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works are two former saltpeter refineries located in northern Chile. | WIKI |
| They were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005, as a testament to the historical importance of saltpeter mining in Chile and the culture and social agenda that developed around it in the late 19th century. | WIKI |
| Humberstone and Santa Laura are located 45km east of the city of Iquique in the Atacama Desert in the Tarapacxc3xa1 Region in northern Chile[3]. | WIKI |
| In the remote desert Pampa, one of the driest deserts on earth, thousands of people lived and worked from the first half of the 19th century to process the largest deposit of saltpeter in the world, producing the fertiliser sodium nitrate that was to transform agricultural land in North and South America, and Europe, and produce great wealth for Chile. | UNESCO |
| In this area, workers, drawn from Chile, Peru and Bolivia, to this hostile environment, lived in company towns and forged a distinctive communal Pampinos culture, manifest in their own rich language, creativity, and solidarity, and above all in pioneering struggles for social justice, that had a profound impact generally on social history. | UNESCO |
| The two saltpeter works are the most representative remaining vestiges of an industry that transformed the lives of a large proportion of the population of Chile, brought great wealth to the country. | UNESCO |
| The pioneering social agenda of the saltpeter workersxe2x80x99 unions had far-reaching effects on labour laws throughout Chile and further afield. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): The saltpeter mines in the north of Chile together became the largest producers of natural saltpeter in the world, transforming the Pampa and indirectly the agricultural lands that benefited from the fertilisers the works produced. | UNESCO |
| The two saltpeter works have remained better conserved that any other saltpeter works in the Pampa of northern Chile and what remains at the site is authentic and original. | UNESCO |
| It is administered by a private entity, the Saltpeter Museum Corporation, under the supervision of the National Monuments Council, a state institution responsible for the protection of Chilexe2x80x99s cultural heritage. | UNESCO |