Relocating to Alto Hospicio, she established an unauthorized compound on government lands at the base of El Paso de la Mula, the huge sand dune at the far side of an unregulated shantytown.

Alto Hospicio, situated at an altitude of 500 meters, has experienced rapid growth to approximately 110,000 inhabitants. Of the many residents living in unregistered areas lacking infrastructure ...

It is estimated that around 59,000 metric tons of clothing arrive at the port of Iquique, which is next to Alto Hospicio, every year.

ALTO HOSPICIO, Chile—An eerie site awaits those driving past this northern city toward a sprawl of the Atacama Desert.

In the zones immediately around Alto Hospicio, fog collectors would yield an estimated average of 2.5 liters of water per square meter of mesh during the fog season, according to the study.

Nearly all drinking water in Alto Hospicio is trucked in from aquifer drill sites 70 or so kilometers away, at the foot of the Andes mountains.

Researchers tested this concept in Alto Hospicio, Chile, a city on the edge of the Atacama Desert, the driest non-polar region on the planet.

In a 100 sq km area surrounding Alto Hospicio, between 0.2 and five litres of fog water could be harvested per square metre each day, the team discovered.

It focuses on Alto Hospicio, a city of over 140,000 people in the Atacama Desert in Chile. This is one of the driest deserts in the world, so it's a prime spot to test out fog collection.