Tarapacá is a town and municipality in the
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
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Department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Amazonas.
The town is served by
Tarapacá Airport
Tarapacá Airport is an airport serving Tarapacá, a town and municipality in the Amazonas Department of Colombia. The town is on the west bank of the Putumayo River, from the Brazilian border. The runway is just west of the town.
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History
Originally founded by Peruvian refugees from the
War of the Pacific
The War of the Pacific ( es, link=no, Guerra del Pacífico), also known as the Saltpeter War ( es, link=no, Guerra del salitre) and by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought ...
, it was awarded to Colombia after the
Salomón-Lozano Treaty.
These refugees would later resettle in the
settlement of the same name in northern
Peru
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Places with the same name
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Nuevo Tarapacá,
Peru
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San Lorenzo de Tarapacá,
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
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Tarapacá Region
The Tarapacá Region ( es, Región de Tarapacá, ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It comprises two provinces, Iquique and Tamarugal. It borders the Chilean Arica and Parinacota Region to the north, Bolivia's Oruro D ...
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Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
See also
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Peru-Colombia War
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War of the Pacific
The War of the Pacific ( es, link=no, Guerra del Pacífico), also known as the Saltpeter War ( es, link=no, Guerra del salitre) and by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought ...
References
External links
Government of Amazonas Department, Tarapacá
Municipalities of Amazonas Department
Populated places established in 1909
1909 establishments in Colombia
Road-inaccessible communities of Colombia
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