Litoral Department
| Littoral | |||||||||
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| Department of Bolivia | |||||||||
| 1825–1904 | |||||||||
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The Litoral Department in 1894 | |||||||||
| Capital | La Mar (1867–1875) Antofagasta (1875–1879) | ||||||||
| Demonym | Litorense | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1879 | 154,393 km2 (59,611 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1879 | 15,000 | ||||||||
| Historical era | 19th Century | ||||||||
• Created as Atacama Department | 29 January 1825 | ||||||||
• Reorganized as the Litoral Province | 1 July 1829 | ||||||||
• Reorganized as the Litoral District | c. 26 October 1839 | ||||||||
• Reorganized as the Litoral Department | 2 January 1867 | ||||||||
| 14 February 1879 | |||||||||
• War of the Pacific begins | 5 April 1879 | ||||||||
| 4 April 1884 | |||||||||
• Antofagasta Province created by Chile | September 1888 | ||||||||
| 20 October 1904 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Chile | ||||||||
Littoral, also known as Atacama, was a department of Bolivia. The term is also used to describe the Bolivian coast in the Atacama Desert included in the country's territory from its inception in 1825 until 1879, when it was lost to Chile.