The Humberstone and Santa Laura sites contain more than 200 former saltpeter plants, where workers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia lived in company towns and formed a unique Pampino community culture. This culture is reflected in their rich language, creativity, solidarity and, most importantly, in their groundbreaking struggle for social justice, which has had a profound impact on social history. Located in a remote area of the Pampas, one of the driest deserts on Earth, thousands of Pampinos lived and worked in this harsh environment for more than 60 years from 1880, processing the world's largest saltpeter deposits to produce sodium nitrate fertilizer, which transformed agricultural lands in North America, South America and Europe and brought great wealth to Chile. Due to the fragility of the buildings and the impact of recent earthquakes, the site has also been included in the List of World Heritage in Danger to help mobilize resources for its conservation.
| uses |
16179678-3 |
| image |
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Humberstone.jpg |
| executive body |
Oficina Salitrera Humberstone |
| office held by head of the organization |
http://g.co/kg/m/06ytzk |
| Commons category |
Oficina Salitrera Humberstone |
| has part |
Melaka City |
| coordinate location |
Point(-69.794444444 -20.208333333) |
| start time |
2011-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| point in time |
2011-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| official website |
http://www.albumdesierto.cl/ingles/2humber.htm |
| native label |
Oficinas salitreras de Humberstone y Santa Laura |
| area |
573.48 |
| World Heritage criteria |
World Heritage selection criterion (ii) |
| World Heritage criteria |
Larousse Encyclopedia online |
| instance of |
refinery |
| of |
potassium nitrate |
| start time |
2005-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| end time |
2011-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| start time |
2005-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| end time |
2019-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| start time |
2005-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| official name |
مصانع نترات الصوديوم في همبرستون وسانتا لاورا |
| official name |
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works |
| official name |
Oficinas salitreras de Humberstone y Santa Laura |
| official name |
Usines de salpêtre de Humberstone et de Santa Laura |
| official name |
ハンバーストーンとサンタ・ラウラ硝石工場群 |
| official name |
Salpeterfabrieken van Humberstone en Santa Laura |
| official name |
Производства селитры Хамберстон и Санта-Лаура |
| official name |
亨伯斯通和圣劳拉硝石采石场 |
| volume as quantity |
World Heritage selection criterion (ii) |
| volume as quantity |
Larousse Encyclopedia online |
| area |
12055 |
| applies to part |
buffer zone |
