Freirina
Sign in to saveFreirina is a Chilean commune and town in Huasco Province, Atacama Region. The commune spans an area of . Freirina is both an agricultural and a mining town.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Freirina
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and Commune
- Settlement.other_name
- Santa Rosa
- Settlement.image_skyline
- IGLESIA SANTA ROSA DE LIMA.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of Santa Rosa de Lima
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo Freirina..svg
- Settlement.shield_alt
- Coat of arms
- Settlement.image_map
- Comuna de Freirina.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of the commune of Freirina in the Atacama Region
- Settlement.map_alt
- Map of the commune of Freirina in the Atacama Region
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Chile
- Settlement.pushpin_map_narrow
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Chile
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Huasco
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Huasco Province
- Population
- 6038
- Area
- 3577.7
- Elevation
- 102
- Image
- LOS PORTALES FREIRINA.JPG
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- Freirina
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Encyclopedic overview
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Freirina is a Chilean commune and town in Huasco Province, Atacama Region. The commune spans an area of . Freirina is both an agricultural and a mining town.
Prior to the founding of Vallenar in 1789 Freirina, then known as Santa Rosa, was the main town of Huasco Valley. The town was renamed to Freirina in honor of Supreme Director Ramón Freire in 1824 when it was raised in settlement category from asiento a villa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Freirina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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