Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Antofagasta is the second region of Chile. It is also known as Region II by the Chileans. Antofagasta was permanently annexed to Chile at the end of the War of the Pacific, 1879 - 1884. It is situated in the extreme north of the country, some 1300 kilometers from the capital Santiago. Climate Mostly a desert climate, part of the Atacama Desert, with variations in the amount of annual rainfall from the coast to the highland desert. Economic Activities This is mostly a mining region, with mining-related activities accounting for 59% of the regional economy. Data Capital: Antofagasta Provinces : Tocopilla Antofagasta El Loa Surface: 126,049.1 Km² Population: 410,724 Population Density: 3.2 pers/km. Main Rivers: Río Loa. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.