Tarapacá Region

Tarapacá Region Región de Tarapacá
Region of Chile
Flag Coat of arms
Map of Tarapacá Region
Coordinates: 20°17′S 69°20′W
Country	Chile
Capital	Iquique
Provinces	Iquique, Tamarugal
Government
• Intendant	Miguel Quezada Torres (UDI)
Area [1]
• Total	41,799.5 km^2 (16,138.9 sq mi)
• Rank	6
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2017 census)[1]
• Total	324,930
• Rank	12
• Density	7.8/km^2 (20/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	CL-TA
Website	Official website (in Spanish)

The I Tarapacá Region (Spanish: I Región de Tarapacá) is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. The present Tarapacá Region was created in 2007 by subdividing the former Tarapacá Region under Law 20.175.^[2] It became operational on 8 October 2007.

The port city of Iquique is the capital of the region.

History

Chile's former Tarapacá region was a former Peruvian province, which was occupied by Chile under the 1883 Treaty of Ancón at the close of the War of the Pacific, and then formally annexed in 1929 by the Treaty of Lima.

The region was important economically as a site of intense saltpeter mining, before synthetic nitrate manufacturing became possible.

Geography

The Tarapacá region borders the Arica and 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.

Population

As of 2015^[update], there were (estimated) 336,769 persons living in the region, for a population density of 8.0 inhabitants/km².

The largest city in the region is Iquique, with 164,396 inhabitants (2002 census).^[source?]

Administration

In 2007, the former region of Tarapacá was subdivided to create the Arica y Parinacota Region to the north and the present day Tarapacá Region to the south. The Tarapacá region is further subdivided into two provinces: Arica and Parinacota.

Tarapacá Region - Provinces and comunas

Province	Capital	Code	Comuna	Area (km²)	Population (2002)
Iquique (011)	Iquique	01101	2 Iquique	2,242.1	166,204
		01102	1 Alto Hospicio	593.2	50,215
Total of Iquique province				2,835.3	216,419
Tamarugal (014)	Pozo Almonte
		01401	7 Pozo Almonte	13,765.8	10,830
		01402	3 Camiña	2,200.2	1,275
		01403	4 Colchane	4,015.6	1,649
		01404	5 Huara	10,474.6	2,599
		01405	6 Pica	8,934.3	6,178
Total of Tamarugal province				39,390.5	22,531
Total of the region				42,225.8	238,950

Related pages

• Regions of Chile

References

1. "Tarapacá Region". Government of Chile Foreign Investment Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "Ley 20175. Crea la XV Región de Arica y Parinacota y la Provincia del Tamarugal en la Región de Tarapacá". Ley Chile (in Spanish). Valparaiso, Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. 11 April 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2016.

Other websites

• Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
• Gobierno Regional de Tarapacá Official website (in Spanish)

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