Tarapacá Region
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| Capital | Iquique |
| Provinces | Arica |
| Area - Total |
Ranked 6th 59,099.1 km² |
| Population |
Ranked 10th 428,594 |
| ISO 3166-2 | CL-TA |
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Tarapacá is Chile's northernmost administrative region, hence also known as I Región ("1st Region") in the standard north-to-south numbering of Chilean regions. It borders the Peruvian Tacna Region on the north, Bolivia's La Paz and Oruro departments on the east, the Antofagasta Region on the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Tarapacá is a former Peruvian province, which was transferred to neighbouring Chile under the 1883 Treaty of Ancón at the close of the War of the Pacific.
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[edit] Provinces and municipalities
[edit] Arica
- Arica (Provincial capital)
- Camarones
[edit] Parinacota
- Putre (Provincial capital)
- General Lagos
[edit] Iquique
- Iquique (Regional and provincial capital)
- Alto Hospicio
- Huara
- Camiña
- Colchane
- Pica
- Pozo Almonte
[edit] Towns and villages
[edit] Climate
Mostly desert like, with the following variations:
- Coastal desert with fog and little temperature variation during the day.
- Normal Desert
- Marginal desert of highlands.
[edit] Main Rivers
[edit] Main economic activities
- Fishing
- Tourism
- Mining
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- Cerro Colorado
- Collahuasi
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[edit] External links
- Information about Tarapaca (in Spanish)
