Tarapacá Region

Short description: Region of Chile

Tarapacá Region

Región de Tarapacá

Region

Cerros Pintados geoglyphs, Pampa del Tamarugal National Reserve

Flag

Coat of arms

Map of Tarapacá Region

Coordinates:  [ ⚑ ] : 20°17′S 69°20′W﻿ / ﻿20.283°S 69.333°W﻿ / -20.283; -69.333
Country|  Chile
Capital| Iquique
Provinces| Iquique, Tamarugal
Government

• Intendant| Miguel Quezada Torres (UDI)
Area

[1]

• Total| 41,799.5 km2 (16,138.9 sq mi)
Area rank| 6
Lowest elevation

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Population

(2017 census)[1]

• Total| 324,930
• Rank| 12
• Density| 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)

[2]

• Total| $9.076 billion (2014)
• Per capita| $27,604 (2014)
ISO 3166 code| CL-TA
HDI (2019)| 0.882 [3]
very high
Website| Official website (in Spanish)

Landscape near Collahuasi, Tarapacá.

Iquique

Dancers in the Fiesta de La Tirana, the main religious festival in northern Chile

The Tarapacá Region (Spanish: Región de Tarapacá, pronounced [taɾapaˈka]) is one of Chile 's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It comprises two provinces, Iquique and Tamarugal. It borders the Chilean Arica y Parinacota Region to the north, Bolivia's Oruro Department and Potosí Department on the east, Chile's Antofagasta Region to the south and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The port city of Iquique is the region's capital.

Much of the region was once the Tarapacá Province of Peru, which was annexed by Chile under the 1883 Treaty of Ancón at the close of the War of the Pacific. The region was important economically as a site of intense saltpeter mining, before synthetic nitrate manufacturing became possible. A number of abandoned mining towns can still be found in the region.

The present day Tarapacá Region was created in 2007 by subdividing the former Tarapacá Region under Law No. 20,175, which was signed by President Michelle Bachelet in Arica.[4]

## Contents

* 1 Administration
* 2 Climate
* 3 Rivers
* 4 Economic activities
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Administration

The government of the region resides in the intendant, who is assigned by the president. Each of the region's two provinces are further subdivided into communes.

Province  | Capital  | Commune  | Other towns

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Iquique  | Iquique  | Iquique
Alto Hospicio
Tamarugal  | Pozo Almonte
Huara  | Pisagua
Camiña
Colchane
Pica
Pozo Almonte  | Mamiña

## Climate

A desert climate dominates the region. Near the coast, cloudiness can limit the temperature swing throughout the day, but in other drier areas, temperatures can vary greatly as is typical in deserts. A marginal desert region can be found over 3,000 m (9,843 ft) above sea level, which sees milder temperatures and summer rains.[4]

## Rivers

* Isluga River
* Cariquima
* Concosa (Altiplano)

## Economic activities

* Fishing
* Tourism
* Mining
* Cerro Colorado
* Collahuasi

## See also

* 2007 Tocopilla earthquake
* Coastal Cliff of northern Chile
* Pulpería

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tarapacá Region". Government of Chile Foreign Investment Committee. http://www.cinver.cl/english/chile/tarapaca.asp. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
2. ↑ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita, OECD.Stats.
3. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab" (in en). https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/?levels=1+4&interpolation=1&extrapolation=0&nearest_real=0.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Arica-Parinacota Region". 9 March 2010. http://www.cinver.cl/english/chile/arica.asp. [no|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

## External links

* Gobierno Regional de Tarapacá Official website (in Spanish)

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