Humberstone is a ghost town in the Atacama desert of Chile.
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.
See also War of the Pacific Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works List of Saltpeter works in Tarapacá and Antofagasta
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An image of Humberstone