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Route 1
Ruta 1
Location
CountryChile
Highway system

Chile Route 1, known locally as Ruta 1, is a longitudinal national route that is located in the Norte Grande of Chile, in the regions of Tarapacá and Antofagasta. In its length of 598.6 km,[1][2] it links Iquique with route 5 through a parallel to the coast of Pacific Ocean joining two of the most important cities in northern Chile. It serves as an alternative to the passage through Route 5 in the middle of Atacama Desert.

During its construction several archaeological sites corresponding to tombs were destroyed.[3] Metal objects are known to have been retrieved from the tombs.[3]

References

  1. Red vial en la Región de Tarapacá en Dirección de Vialidad Chile Archived August 31, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Red vial en la Región de Antofagasta en Dirección de Vialidad Chile Archived August 31, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 Salazar, Diego; Figueroa, Valentina; Mille, Benoit; Morata, Diego; Salinas, Hernán (2010). "Metalurgia prehispánica en las sociedades coster as del norte de Chile (quebrada Mamilla, Tocopilla)". Estudios Atacameños (in Spanish). 40: 23–42.
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