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Mejillones
South America is the fourth largest continent of the Western Hemisphere. It is divided politically into 12 independent countries namely Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela and the overseas department of French Guiana. The continent extends to 7,640 kilometers from Punta Gallinas, Colombia, in the north to Cape Horn, Chile, in the south.
South America is connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama. It is washed on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Topographically the continent is divided into three sections namely the South American cordillera, the interior lowlands, and the continental shield. Roman Catholicism is the dominant religion and Portuguese and Spanish are the primary languages of the continent.
Mejillones is one of the South America’s most popular destinations, and is well known for the quantity of cultural related attractions and monuments. It is basically a port city in northern Chile and is located on the northern side of Peninsula de Mejillones, almost 65 kilometers to the north direction of Antofagasta. Mejillones is bordered by the waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and by one of the most arid deserts in the world to the east known as Desierto de Atacama.
Presently, Mejillones experiences a sharp social, economic and population growth derivative of the strategic position of the locality and the high level of well-being and quality of life that is enjoyed with respect to other places of South America. This fact has consolidated along with other adjacent municipalities, as a great alternative for residence.
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