Tarapacá Province
| Tarapacá | |||||||||
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| Province of Chile | |||||||||
| 1884–1974 | |||||||||
Map of Tarapacá Province (1895) | |||||||||
| Capital | Iquique | ||||||||
| Demonym | Tarapaqueño, a | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1884 | 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
• 1929 | 58,072 km2 (22,422 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Historical era | War of the Pacific | ||||||||
| 20 October 1883 | |||||||||
• Established | 31 October 1884 | ||||||||
| 1974 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Chile | ||||||||
Tarapacá (Aymara: Tarapaka) was a province in Chile. Ceded to Chile by Peru following the War of the Pacific through the 1883 Treaty of Ancón, it existed from 1884 to 1976. It capital was Iquique.
The Treaty of Ancón, which put an end to the war, was signed on October 20, 1883. The following year, the province was formally created on October 31, incorporating the former Peruvian department of the same name. At the time, the provinces were the first-level administrative divisions of Chile. In 1974, the government of Chile reorganised its administrative organisation, replacing the provinces with regions. Tarapacá was consequently reorganised into a region of the same name, which also incorporated some territory belonging to Antofagasta Province.