Antofagasta vs Al-Tabqah

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Antofagasta (Spanish pronunciation: [antofaˈɣasta] (listen)) is a port city in northern Chile, about 1,100 kilometres (700 mi) north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2015 census, the city has a population of 402,669.Previously part of Bolivia, Antofagasta was captured by Chile in the War of the Pacific (1879–83), and sovereignty was transferred under the terms of the 1904 Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the two countries.

The city of Antofagasta is closely linked to mining activity, being a major mining area of the country. The last decade has seen a steady growth in the areas of construction, retail, hotel accommodations, population growth, and remarkable skyline development. Antofagasta has the highest GDP per capita of Chile, US$37,000 and the 3rd place for Human Development Index just after Metropolitana de Santiago Region and Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region.

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Al-Thawrah (Arabic: الثورة‎, romanized: aṯ-Ṯawrah), also known as Al-Tabqah (Arabic: الطبقة‎, romanized: aṭ-Ṯabqah, also aṭ-Tabaqah; Kurdish: Tebqa‎, Classical Syriac: ܛܒܩܗ‎; official name before 8 March 1967), is a city in Raqqa Governorate, Syria, approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of Raqqa.

The name "al-Thawrah" literally means "The Revolution", in reference to the March 8th revolution. The Tabqa Dam and Lake Assad on the Euphrates are near al-Thawrah. The city had a population of 69,425 as of the 2004 census. It is part of the Tabqa Region of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.

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