Articles in Coquimbo

How to get to Coquimbo?
(Reads: 1574, since 14-May-2004)

Plaza de Armas The plaza lies in calle Aldunate (no number), close to the ancient cerro La Cruz. Today it is the main ...

Attractions around Coquimbo
(Reads: 2408, since 14-May-2004)

Playa Blanca From the public road from Guanaqueros to Tongoy, Ruta D-43, and along an interior road for 5 km, you reach ...

History of Coquimbo
(Reads: 2041, since 14-May-2004)

Ever since it was discovered by the indigenous moluches, who occupied the lands from Copiapó to Chiloé, the cove was ...

La Herradura
(Reads: 2449, since 23-Ene-2004)

Located 14 km south of La Serena and 2 km from Coquimbo, this is a former fishing bay and copper foundry. Today it is an ...

Iglesia de Guayacán
(Reads: 2882, since 14-May-2004)

The church was declared a National Monument in 1977. It is located in Guayacán, in the Bay of la Herradura. It belonged to ...

Andacollo
(Reads: 2016, since 23-Ene-2004)

This city, with a population of 10,216, is 50 km southwest of Coquimbo. It is surrounded by desert hills with houses at the ...

The Diaguita People
(Reads: 508, since 03-Mar-2010)

This ancient Amerindian people were settled over the southern part of the American continent, in the areas of Catamarca and ...

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