Cancosa is a Chilean commune. It is a highland in Aymara town in the Tarapacá Region. Cancosa is slightly on the slopes of the

Sillajhuay Sillajhuay (also known as Sillajguay or Alto Toroni) is a volcano on the border between Bolivia and Chile. It is part of a volcanic chain that stretches across the border between Bolivia and Chile and forms a mountain massif that is in part cover ...

volcano, near the border by Bolivia. According to the Chile National Archive the town was founded by the Moscoso, Challapa, Ticuna and Mamani families. Its inhabitants live from

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

, llama and alpaca livestock, as well as tourism and handicrafts. There are also four

minefields A land mine is an explosive device concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it. Such a device is typically detonated automatic ...

that, in compliance with the Ottawa treaty, must be removed before 2020, by the state of Chile.

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