Caleta Camarones is a town located in the extreme southwest of

Arica and Parinacota Region The Arica y Parinacota Region ( es, link=no, Región de Arica y Parinacota ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It comprises two provinces, Arica and Parinacota. It borders Peru's Department of Tacna to the north, Bolivia ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. This is where the Camarones Valley ends, and where the Camarones River flows to the Pacific Ocean. The main economic activity is fishing.

Attractions

The beach and the wetlands of Caleta Camarones provide some scenic sights. In 2010, a monumental sculpture celebrating the Chinchorro Culture was inaugurated in the town as part of the bicentennial of the Chilean Republic. The sculpture is four and a half meters tall and weighs eight tons; it is located in the vicinity of the archaeological sites 'Camarones 14 and 15'. The work was inaugurated by the Mayor, and it aims to celebrate the Chinchorro Culture throughout Chile and worldwide. In 1998, the process started to add Chinchorro culture sites to UNESCO list of the World Heritage of Humanity. The sculpture is the work of the local sculptor Paola Pimentel.

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Translated from Spanish Wikipedia Populated places in Arica Province Coasts of Arica y Parinacota Region {{AricaParinacota-geo-stub