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The Incas moved into parts of Chile, including the Atacama Desert. The Atacameno tribe was already living in the desert prior to the arrival of the Incas. There are also a number of cities along the Chilean coast as well as some smaller towns in mining areas.
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∙ 9y agoThere are a number of towns in the Atacama Desert, such as Iquique, San Pedro and Arica, Chile, where people live. Some also live in smaller settlements near oasis in some parts of the desert as well as along major highways in Chile and have their water and supplies trucked in.
There are a few plants and animals that do live in the Atacama, also.
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∙ 9y agoThere are a number of seaport towns in the Atacama Desert as well as some smaller mining towns. Yes, people live in the Atacama.
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∙ 9y agoThe Atacameno tribe inhabited the Atacama Desert for centuries. Later, the Incas moved into parts of the Desert.
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Which deserts are located in Chile?
The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
Is San Pedro De Atacama in the Atacama desert?
Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.
What is the climate of the Atacama Desert?
The Atacama Desert is a cool, exceedingly dry desert.
What kind of desert is the Atacama?
The Atacama is a cold coastal desert.
What its the desert in northern Chile?
The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile, southern Peru and small parts of Bolivia and Argentina.
What is the name of the desert in northern chille?
The Atacama Desert.the atacama desert
What cold current passes through the Atacama's desert?
No current passes through the Atacama Desert but the Humbolt, or Peruvian Current, passes just off shore and has a great influence on the climate of the Atacama.
Is the Atacama of Chile a desert or a rainforest?
The Atacama is a desert in northern Chile.
What is the name of the coldest and driest desert in Latin America?
The coldest desert is the Patagonian Desert and the driest is the Atacama Desert.
Is the Atacama Desert the driest on earth?
Both the Atacama Desert and the Antarctic Desert share the honor as the driest on earth. The Antarctic is a polar desert and the Atacama is a cool coastal desert - both classified as cold deserts.
Which narrow desert is between the Andes mountains and pacific oceans?
That would be the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.
How large is the Atacama Desert?
The Atacama desert covers about 40600 square miles.
