Tarapacá Region

The **I Tarapacá Region** () 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. 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

, there were (estimated) 336,769 persons living in the region, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city in the region is Iquique, with 164,396 inhabitants (2002 census).

## 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.

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

## Related pages

- Regions of Chile

## Other websites

- Territorial division of Chile
- Gobierno Regional de Tarapacá  Official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Tarapacá Region
- **native name**: Región de Tarapacá
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Regions of Chile, Region of Chile
- **seat type**: Capital (political), Capital
- **seat**: Iquique
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **parts type**: Provinces of Chile, Provinces
- **parts**: Iquique Province, Iquique, Tamarugal
- **leader title**: Intendant
- **leader name**: Miguel Quezada Torres
- **leader party**: Independent Democratic Union, UDI
- **image skyline**: Cerros Pintados, Pampa del Tamarugal, Chile, 2016-02-11, DD 121.jpg
- **image flag**: Flag of Tarapaca, Chile.svg
- **flag size**: 120px
- **flag alt**: Flag of Tarapacá Region
- **image shield**: Coat of arms of Tarapaca, Chile.svg
- **shield size**: 75px
- **shield alt**: Coat of Arms of Tarapacá Region
- **image map**: Tarapaca in Chile 2018.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Map of Tarapacá Region
- **area total km2**: 41799.5
- **area rank**: 6
- **elevation min m**: 0
- **population total**: 324930
- **population as of**: 2017 census
- **population rank**: 12
- **population density km2**: auto
- **website**: [http://www.intendenciatarapaca.gov.cl/ Official website]
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:CL, CL-TA