Arica tourist information
This city of 165,000 inhabitants is Chile's northern gateway. Located 18 km (11 miles) south of the Peruvian border, it is also the gateway to the Altiplano. In the vicinity there are interesting archaeological relics such as geoglyphs -pictures drawn with stones on the hillsides- pukaras -Indian fortresses- and the world's oldest mummies at the Azapa valley. Arica provides sea-shipping services both for Bolivia and for the Peruvian city of Tacna, located 54 km (34 miles) north of Arica and 36 km (22 miles) beyond the border. Arica's many Peruvian and Bolivian visitors, added to its colorful open-air markets, lend the town a frontier feel and a flavor that for the rest of Chileans, is somewhat exotic.
Arica is privileged in this utterly dry desert in that it lies at the mouth of the only river that reaches the ocean in this part of the country -albeit with a meager flow. This insures a constant supply of fresh water. Temperatures are mild and fairly uniform throughout the year, with highs of 27°C and lows of 20°C in summer (81°F and 68°F, respectively), and 18°C and 13°C, respectively, in winter (64 & 55° F, respectively). It never rains.
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