Tarapacá Province

Tarapacá Province Provincia de Tarapacá
Province of Chile
1884–1974
Flag
Map of Tarapacá Province (1895)
Capital	Iquique
Demonym	Tarapaqueño, a
Area
• 1884	50,000 km^2 (19,000 sq mi)
• 1929	58,072 km^2 (22,422 sq mi)
Historical era	War of the Pacific aftermath
• Established	31 October 1884
• Disestablished	1974
Preceded by Tarapacá Department
Today part of	Chile

Tarapacá was a province in Chile, from 1883^[1] 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.

Administrative divisions

The original administrative divisions in 1884 were as follows:

Department	Capital	Sub-delegations	Districts
Pisagua	Pisagua	5	18
Tarapacá	Iquique	13	34

On December 30, 1927, Tarapacá Province was renamed to Iquique Province, creating the following:

Department	Capital
Pisagua	Pisagua
Iquique	Iquique

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.

Department	Capital
Arica	Arica
Pisagua	Pisagua, Chile
Iquique	Iquique

En 1974, the Tarapacá Region is created out of the former Tarapacá Province, as well as the Antofagasta Province.

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
• Arica Province (Peru)
• Tarapacá Department (Peru)
• Tarapacá Department (Chile)

References

1. Cohoon, William (2013). "Constructing the Norte Grande: Chilean Infrastructure in the Northern Border Region, 1915-1929".