Parinacota Iquique Done by User:Cantus File links The following pages link to this file: Tarapacá Region Categories: GFDL images ... Chile is divided into thirteen regions, each of which is headed by an intendant (intendente). ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Iquique is a city in northern Chile, capital of Tarapacá Region, on the Pacific coast, just west of the Atacama Desert. ... Arica is a province in Tarapacá Region in Chile. ... Parinacota is a province in Tarapacá Region in Chile. ... Iquique is a province in Tarapacá Region in Chile. ...
Area
- Total
Ranked 6th
59,099.1 km² Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
- 2002 Census - Density 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ...
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 ("Region 1") in the standard north-to-south numbering of Chilean regions. ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. ...
Tarapacá is a former Peruvian province, which was transferred to neighbouring Chile under the 1883Treaty of Ancón at the close of the War of the Pacific. 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Postal Stamp that picture the Treaty The Treaty of Ancón was signed by Peru and Chile on 20 October 1883, in the district of Ancón, Lima, Peru. ... The War of the Pacific was fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru, from 1879 to 1884. ...
Climate
Mostly desert like, with the following variations:
Coastal desert with fog and little temperature variation during the day.
It exports iodine and immense quantities of nitrate of soda obtained from the desert region of the province.
It is connected by rail with the inland town of Tarapac and various mining centres, and through them with the ports of Pisagua on the N., and Patillos on the S. Iquique was an insignificant Peruvian fishing settlement until 1830 when the export of nitrate began.
In 1868 the town was nearly destroyed by an earthquake, in 1875 by fire, and again in 1877 by earthquakes, a fire and a tidal wave.
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