Tarapacá Region

Tarapacá Region
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
Country	Chile
Capital	Iquique
Provinces	Iquique, Tamarugal
Government
• Intendant	Miguel Quezada Torres (UDI)
Area
• Total	41,799.5 km2 (16,138.9 sq mi)
Area rank	6
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2017 census)
• Total	324,930
• Rank	12
• Density	7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)
• Total	$9.076 billion (2014)
• Per capita	$27,604 (2014)
ISO 3166 code	CL-TA
HDI (2019)	0.882 ; very high
Website	Official website (in Spanish)

Short description: Region of Chile

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]

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
Iquique	Iquique	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

References

↑ ^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}}]}
↑ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita, OECD.Stats.
↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab" (in en). https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/?levels=1%2B4&interpolation=1&extrapolation=0&nearest_real=0.
↑ ^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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[CINVER-TA-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}}]}

[:0-2] Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita, OECD.Stats.

[GlobalDataLab-3] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab" (in en). https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/?levels=1%2B4&interpolation=1&extrapolation=0&nearest_real=0.

[CINVER-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}}]}

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