ZMontage of Antofagasta, Top:View of downtown Antofagasta, 2nd left:Antofagasta Clock Tower in Colón Square, 2nd middle:"Mano del Desierto" (Hand of the Desert) Sand Sculpture in Atacama Desert, 2nd right:View of Coldelco towers, 3rd left:Balneario Beach, 3rd right:Arturo Prat shopping center area, Bottom:View of La Portada Natural Monument.
Antofagasta (Spanish pronunciation: [antofaˈɣasta] (
listen)) is a port city in northern Chile, about 1,100 kilometres (700 mi) north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2012 census, the city has a population of 345,420.