Tarapacá was a
province
A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
, from 1883
to 1928. It was ceded to Chile under the
Treaty of Ancón, formerly being part of the Peruvian
province of the same name.
History
The province was created in 1883, having been awarded to Chile under the
Treaty of Ancón, along with
Tacna
Tacna, officially known as San Pedro de Tacna, is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region. A very commercially active city, it is located only north of the border with Arica y Parinacota Region from Chile, inland f ...
.
Administrative divisions
The original administrative divisions in 1884 were as follows:
On December 30, 1927, Tarapacá Department was renamed to Iquique Department , creating the following:
After the
Treaty of Lima, in 1929,
Tacna Province, along with
Tacna Department, are dissolved and returned to Peru, with
Arica Department going to Tarapacá Province, with a new area of 58.072 km².
En 1974, the
Tarapacá Region
The Tarapacá Region (, ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order Administrative divisions of Chile, administrative divisions. It comprises two provinces, Iquique Province, Iquique and Tamarugal Province, Tamarugal. It borders the Chilean Arica y Par ...
is created out of the former Tarapacá Province, as well as the
Antofagasta Province.
See also
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War of the Pacific
The War of the Pacific (), also known by War of the Pacific#Etymology, multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Treaty of Defensive Alliance (Bolivia–Peru), Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought over Atacama Desert ...
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Treaty of Ancón
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Consequences of the War of the Pacific
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Chilenization of Tacna, Arica and Tarapacá
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Tacna Province (Chile)
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Litoral Department
The Department of the Litoral, also known as the Atacama Department and commonly known as the Bolivian coast, was the description of the extent of the Pacific coast of the Atacama Desert included in the territory of Bolivia from its inception in ...
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Arica Province (Peru)
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Tarapacá Department (Peru)
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Tarapacá Department (Chile)
References
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