Arica, Chile 2005

Arica is a port city in northern Chile, located only 18 km (11 miles) south of the border with Peru. It is the capital of the Arica Province in the Tarapacá Region and has a population of approximately 200,000, and is also known as the "city of the eternal spring". The city was part of Peru until 1880, when it was invaded by Chilean forces during the War of the Pacific. The taking of the Morro de Arica, one of the war's most famous actions, happened in this city. It will be the capital of Arica-Parinacota Region in october 2007. Image File history File linksMetadata Arica_vista_dede_el_morro. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Arica_vista_dede_el_morro. ... Arica is a province in Tarapacá Region in Chile. ... Tarapacá is Chiles northernmost administrative region, hence also known as I Región (1st Region) in the standard north-to-south numbering of Chilean regions. ... Combatants Republic of Peru Republic of Bolivia Republic of Chile Commanders Juan Buendía Andrés Cáceres Miguel Grau Manuel Baquedano Patricio Lynch Juan Williams Strength Peru-Bolivian Army 7,000 soldiers in 1878 Peruvian Navy 2 ironclad, 1 corvette, 1 gunboat Army of Chile 4,000 soldiers in... Arica-Parinacota is a proposed region of Chile. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Features

Arica Cape

Arica's port in the evening

The Morro de Arica (Arica Cape) is a steep and tall hill located in the city. Its height is 139 meters above sea level. It was the last bulwark of defence for the Peruvian troops standing in the city. It was assaulted and captured on June 7, 1880 by Chilean troops in the last part of their Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign) during the War of the Pacific. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Combatants Chile Peru Commanders Pedro Lagos Francisco Bolognesi † Strength 4,000 2,000 Casualties 474 dead or wounded ~1,000 dead or wounded 1 monitor lost The Battle of Arica or the assault and capture of the Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), took place on July 7, 1880, between the... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Combatants Republic of Peru Republic of Bolivia Republic of Chile Commanders Juan Buendía Andrés Cáceres Miguel Grau Manuel Baquedano Patricio Lynch Juan Williams Strength Peru-Bolivian Army 7,000 soldiers in 1878 Peruvian Navy 2 ironclad, 1 corvette, 1 gunboat Army of Chile 4,000 soldiers in...

Near the city is the Azapa Valley, an oasis where vegetables and Azapa olives are grown. Economically, it is an important port for Chilean ore, and its tropical latitute, dry climate, and the city's beach, have made Arica a popular tourist destination. It is also a centre of rail communication with Bolivia and has its own international airport. Arica has strong ties with the city of Tacna, Peru; many people cross the border everyday to visit this city, and also because many services (for example, dentists) are cheaper on the Peruvian side. Arica is connected to Tacna and to La Paz, Bolivia by separate railroad lines. I Region: Valley of Azapa This jewel of the north is a fertile and narrow oasis, whose frame composes two barren hills of little height. ... Oasis in the Libyan part of the Sahara For other uses, see Oasis (disambiguation). ... A plate of vegetables Vegetable is a culinary term which generally refers to an edible part of a plant. ... Binomial name Olea europaea L. 19th century illustration The Olive (Olea europaea) is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, from Lebanon and the maritime parts of Asia Minor and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian... Iron ore (Banded iron formation) Manganese ore Lead ore Gold ore An ore is a volume of rock containing components or minerals in a mode of occurrence which renders it valuable for mining. ... A noontime scene from the Philippines on a day when the sun is almost directly overhead. ... The Beach in Calella, Spain. ... č “Tourist” redirects here. ... French 1912 drawing of typical elements of railways Railway tracks running through a railway station in North East England, UK A railway yard in Portland, Oregon. ... Tacna is a city in southern Peru, located only 35 km (21 mi) north from the border with Chile. ... Central La Paz La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...

Arica is also known as one of the driest inhabited places on Earth, at least as measured by rainfall: average annual precipitation is 0.8 mm (0.03 inches), as measured at the airport meteorological station. Oxford geographer Nick Middleton's book on people who live in extreme climates, Going to Extremes (ISBN 0-330-49384-1), discusses his visit to this city. In meteorology, precipitation is any kind of water that falls from the sky as part of the weather. ... Nick Middleton is a physical geographer and supernumerary fellow of St Annes College, Oxford. ...

Important events

• On August 16, 1868, Arica was devastated by a tsunami which followed a magnitude 8.5 earthquake in the Peru-Chile Trench off the coast. The earthquake and tsunami killed an estimated 25,000 people in Arica and perhaps 70,000 people in all. [1]
• Arica was one of the four host cities of the 1962 football (soccer) World Cup.
  
  
• Arica is the venue for the Rip Curl Search surfing event, a stop on the world surfing tour that will be happening from 20 June to 01 July 2007. Check out the official event website at www.aspworldtour.com or links from www.zigzag.co.za

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External links

• Municipality of Arica (spanish)
• Independent community website
• Google Earth marks in Arica, Tacna and Iquique
• Google Earth marks in Arica, Geo, roads and archeology sites
• Local newspaper
• Port of Arica
• Arica weather
• Validated links to websites about Arica

Coordinates: 18°29′S, 70°20′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...