San Antonio de los Cobres is a small town of population 5,482 (per the 2001 INDEC census)[1] in northwestern Argentina.

It was founded as a small settlement to support the mining activities in the region and has since developed into a key town in the high Andes of Argentina.

Having concentrations about ten times higher that those deemed safe by the World Health Organization (WHO), naturally occurring arsenic has created a very toxic environment in this region contaminating the water supplies.

San Antonio de los Cobres has a cool arid climate (Köppen BWk) characterised by mild summers, cold, bone-dry winters, and very large diurnal temperature variation due to the extreme altitude.

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