Socaire is a village located southeast of the town of
San Pedro de Atacama, in the San Pedro de Atacama province of
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 eas ...
's northern
Antofagasta Region
The Antofagasta Region ( es, Región de Antofagasta, ) is one of Chile's sixteen first-order administrative divisions. The second-largest region of Chile in area, it comprises three provinces, Antofagasta, El Loa and Tocopilla. It is bordered t ...
. It offers views overlooking the
Salar de Atacama.
The local economy is dominated by agriculture and non-metallic mining. Ancient
agricultural terraces
In agriculture, a terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming. This type of landscaping is therefor ...
are part of the landscape of the area.
See also
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Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert ( es, Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau in South America covering a 1,600 km (990 mi) strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes Mountains. The Atacama Desert is the driest nonpolar desert in th ...
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Laguna Miscanti
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Chiliques
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Laguna Lejía
References
Sernatur - Socaire
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Oases of Chile
Populated places in El Loa Province
Climbing areas of Chile