Tarapacá Department Departamento de Tarapacá
Department of Chile
1884–1927
Flag
Map of Tarapacá Province (1895)
Capital	Iquique
Demonym	Tarapaqueño, a
Area
• 1885	40,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1885	33,051[1]
Historical era	War of the Pacific aftermath
• Established	31 October 1884
• Disestablished	30 December 1927
Preceded by Succeeded by Tarapacá Department Iquique Department
Today part of	Chile

Tarapacá Department was a department in Tarapacá Province, Chile, from 1883 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 department was created on 31 October 1884 under the administration of the also new Tarapacá Province, both awarded to Chile under the Treaty of Ancón, along with Tacna. It was bordered to the north by the Pisagua Department, to the east by the Andes, to the south by the Antofagasta Department, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

Administrative divisions

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

References