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Humberstone, Chile
Humberstone
is a
ghost town
in the
Atacama
of
Chile
. It is a
Chilean National Monument
and part of a
UNESCO World Heritage Site
.
History
The town
was founded as "La Palma" in
1872
for
workers
at the
adjacent
potassium nitrate
extraction
plant of the
Peruvian
Nitrate
Company
.
James Thomas Humberstone
later became the
CEO
of the Peruvian Nitrate Company.