Tarapacá Region

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I Región de Tarapacá

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Capital	Iquique
Provinces	Arica Parinacota Iquique
Area   - Total	Ranked 6th 59,099.1 km²
Population   - 2002 Census   - Density	Ranked 10th 428,594 7.25/km²
ISO 3166-2	CL-TA
survey of Tarapaca region, 1851

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 annexed by neighbouring Chile under the 1883 Treaty of Ancón at the close of the War of the Pacific.

Contents 1 Provinces and municipalities 1.1 Arica1 1.2 Parinacota1 1.3 Iquique2 1.4 Tamarugal2 2 Towns and villages 3 Climate 4 Main Rivers 5 Main economic activities 6 External links

[edit] Provinces and municipalities

[edit] Arica¹

• Arica (Provincial capital)
• Camarones

[edit] Parinacota¹

• Putre (Provincial capital)
• General Lagos

[edit] Iquique²

• Iquique (Regional and provincial capital)
• Alto Hospicio

[edit] Tamarugal²

• Pozo Almonte (Provincial capital)
• Huara
• Camiña
• Colchane
• Pica

1. Moved to Region XV by legislation in 2006, to be functional in mid 2007
2. Created by legislation in 2006, to be functional in mid 2007

[edit] Towns and villages

• Iquique
• Arica
• Isluga
• Pica
• Mamiña
• Pisagua
• Alto Hospicio
• Huara
• Pozo Almonte

[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

• Ríos Caquena
• Lauca River
• Isluga River
• Cariquima
• Concosa (Altiplano)
• Lluta River

[edit] Main economic activities

• Fishing
• Tourism
• Mining

• Cerro Colorado
• Collahuasi

[edit] External links

• Information about Tarapaca (in Spanish)