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| Tarapacá DepartmentDepartamento de Tarapacá | |||||||||
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| Department of Chile | |||||||||
| 1884–1927 | |||||||||
Flag | |||||||||
 Map of Tarapacá Province (1895) | |||||||||
| Capital | Iquique | ||||||||
| Demonym | Tarapaqueño, a | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • 1885 | 40,000 km (15,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
| • 1885 | 33,051 | ||||||||
| Historical era | War of the Pacific aftermath | ||||||||
| • Established | 31 October 1884 | ||||||||
| • Disestablished | 30 December 1927 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Chile | ||||||||
Tarapacá Department was a department in Tarapacá Province, Chile, 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 department was created on 31 October 1884 under the administration of the also new Tarapacá Province, both awarded to Chile under the Treaty of Ancón, along with Tacna. It was bordered to the north by the Pisagua Department, to the east by the Andes, to the south by the Antofagasta Department, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Administrative divisions
| Municipaliday | Sub-delegations |
|---|---|
| Iquique Iquique |
Ferrocarril |
| Aduana | |
| Santa María | |
| Cavancha | |
| Guantajaya | |
| Pozo Almonte | |
| Noria | |
| Caleta Buena Caleta Buena |
Caleta Buena |
| Tarapacá | |
| Pica Pica |
Salitreras del Sur |
| Guaneras | |
| Pica | |
| Guallacollo |
See also
- War of the Pacific
- Treaty of Ancón
- Consequences of the War of the Pacific
- Chilenization of Tacna, Arica and Tarapacá
- Tacna Province (Chile)
- Litoral Department
- Tarapacá Province
- Arica Province (Peru)
- Tarapacá Department (Peru)
References
- 1885 census
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