Tarapacá Department (Chile)
| Tarapacá Department Departamento de Tarapacá | |||||||||
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| Department of Chile | |||||||||
| 1884–1927 | |||||||||
Map of Tarapacá Province (1895) | |||||||||
| Capital | Iquique | ||||||||
| Demonym | Tarapaqueño, a | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1885 | 40,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1885 | 33,051 | ||||||||
| Historical era | War of the Pacific aftermath | ||||||||
• Established | 31 October 1884 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 30 December 1927 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Chile | ||||||||
Tarapacá Department was a department in Tarapacá Province, Chile, from 1883 to 1928. It was ceded to Chile under the Treaty of Ancón, formerly being part of the Peruvian province of the same name.