or Chileans authoritarian governments of the twentieth century. in this way, was occupied as a detention center for homosexuals during the first government of Carlos Ib��ez del Campo (1927-1931), and Communists, during the administrations of Gabriel Gonzalez Videla , for the call damn law , and Augusto Pinochet after September 11 of 1973 .
Pisagua for its high number of killed and disappeared, is one of the main symbols of the human rights violations that occurred during the military regime .
Pisagua today
Currently, Pisagua is a small fishing village has 260 inhabitants and 125 houses, 28 of which 162 are men and 98 are women.
Current image Pisagua Cemetery
Notably even their beautiful buildings in Oregon pine, as the Clock Tower, the Municipal Theatre, the Market and the railway station, dating from the period nitrate.
Through the paved road A-40 is connected to the Route 5 (Longitudinal or Panamericana Norte), located about 39 km east of the current village. Crossing the latter road becomes Route A-45, 29 leading to plateau village of Camina .
In the vicinity of the town of Zapiga, next to the National Reserve Pampa aquifers , there is an airfield, which is called "Pisagua"
