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Tarapacá Region

Tarapacá Region

The I Tarapacá Region (Spanish: "I Región de Tarapacá") is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It borders the Chilean Arica-Parinacota Region to the north, Bolivia's Oruro Department on the east, the Antofagasta Region on the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west. The Arica-Parinacota Region was created in 2007 by subdividing the Tarapacá Region.

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.

Provinces and municipalities


=Iquique2=

* Iquique (Regional and provincial capital)
* Alto Hospicio


=El Tamarugal2=

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

# Formed to Region XV by legislation in 2007, to be functional since October, the 8th, 2007
# Created by legislation in 2007, to be functional in October, the 9th, 2007

Towns and villages

* Iquique
* Isluga
* Pica
* Mamiña
* Pisagua
* Alto Hospicio
* Huara
* Pozo Almonte
* Codpa

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.

Main Rivers

* Isluga River
* Cariquima
* Concosa (Altiplano)

Main economic activities

* Fishing
* Tourism
* Mining
** Cerro Colorado
** Collahuasi

See also

*2007 Antofagasta earthquake

External links

* [http://www.goretarapaca.gov.cl/ Gobierno Regional de Tarapacá] Official website (in Spanish)
* [http://www.tarapaca.org Information about Tarapaca] (in Spanish)

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