Tarapacá Region

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I Región de Tarapacá

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Capital	Iquique
Provinces	Arica Parinacota Iquique
Area   - Total	Ranked 6th 59,099.1 km²
Population   - 2002 Census   - Density	Ranked 10th 428,594 7.25/km²
ISO 3166-2	CL-TA

Tarapacá is Chile's northernmost administrative region, hence also known as I Región ("1st Region") in the standard north-to-south numbering of Chilean regions.

Tarapacá is a former Peruvian province, which was transferred to neighbouring Chile under the 1883 Treaty of Ancón at the close of the War of the Pacific.

Contents 1 Towns 2 Climate 3 Main Rivers 4 Main economic activities 5 External links

Towns

• Iquique
• Arica
• Isluga
• Pica
• Mamiña
• Pisagua
• Alto Hospicio
• Huara
• Pozo Almonte

Climate

Mostly desert like, with the following variations:

• Coastal desert with fog and little temperature variation during the day.
• Normal Desert
• Marginal desert of highlands.

Main Rivers

• Ríos Caquena
• Lauca
• Isluga
• Cariquima
• Concosa (Altiplano)
• Río Lluta

Main economic activities

• Fishing
• Tourism
• Mining

• Cerro Colorado
• Collahuasi

Regions of Chile	Image:Chile flag 300.png
I: Tarapacá | II: Antofagasta | III: Atacama | IV: Coquimbo | V: Valparaíso | VI: O'Higgins | VII: Maule | VIII: Bío-Bío | IX: Araucanía | X: Los Lagos | XI: Aysen | XII: Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena
RM: Santiago Metropolitan Region

External links

• Information about Tarapaca (in Spanish)