Mejillones

- 23.1 - 70.45Koordinaten: 23 ° 6 ' S, 70 ° 27 ' W

Mejillones (plural of Spanish for " Mejillón " m. = Mussel ) is located a northern Chilean port city and former Salpeterhafen in the Región de Antofagasta, 75 km north of the provincial capital of Antofagasta.

It was founded in 1867. By the end of the " Pacific War " ( Guerra del Pacífico, 1879-1883 ), also known as " saltpeter ", between Bolivia and Peru on the one hand and of Chile, was the province of Antofagasta with Mejillones to Bolivia as its the only access to the sea, the peace as a result of lost from Ancon to Chile went.

In the 19th and 20th century, the small town was an important Salpeterausfuhrhafen. Countless Windjammer lay at anchor and at the " Muelle " (Spanish for Mole ), a giant, into the sea jetty leading to the Lanchas ( flat barges, lighters) from being loaded.

2004, the small port town of approximately 9,000 residents, and lived from the harbor business and tourism.

Chile plans to the port of Puerto de Mejillones Mega to build the largest seaport of Chile, whose final completion is planned but not until 2030.

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