(/antofa'γasta/)'s a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It's the capital of both Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2002 census, the city has an urban population of 281,155 and a municipal population of 296,905. The city's name comes from either a Quechua or Aymara word for "town of the great saltpeter bed." Geography Antofagasta's a long and narrow city located south of the Mejillones Peninsula and north of the Cerro Coloso, north of Santiag… (More on Antofagasta)