Tarapacá Region

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.

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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.

Related Topics:
Peru - Chile - 1883 - Treaty of Ancón - War of the Pacific

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