Hiking in Chile meters above sea level and points of interest include the church of Achauta, dating from the start of the 20th century; historic Aymara architecture at Kalcachu, the Cariquima River and volcano. Calama is an inland city in the Antofagasta Region in the north of Chile, lying to the south of Tarapacá. It is surrounded by the Atacama Desert and lies approximately 100 km from the popular tourist town of San Pedro de Atacama. There is currently one Sendero de Chile trail in this zone, the Pukará Lasana – Puente Del Diablo trail. This trail stretches 30 km from the pukará
History of the Jews in Chile History of the Jews in Chile Jewish presence in Chile is as old as the history of that country. Over time, Chile has received several contingents of Jewish immigrants. Currently, the Jewish community in Chile comes mainly from the migrations occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries, mostly of Ashkenazi background. Chile is home to the third-largest Jewish community in South America. Chileans today have a positive view of the country's estimated 32,000 Jews or less than 1% of the population. The first Jews arrived in Chile with the Spanish "conquistadors". These were Jewish converts to Catholicism because, at the