Tarapacá Department (Peru)
| Department of Tarapacá Departamento de Tarapacá | |||||||||
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| Department of Peru | |||||||||
| 1878–1883 | |||||||||
Tarapacá Department in 1894 | |||||||||
| Capital | Tarapacá | ||||||||
| Demonym | Tarapacan (en) Tarapaqueño/a (es) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Prelude to the War of the Pacific | ||||||||
• Established | 17 August 1878 | ||||||||
| 20 October 1883 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Chile | ||||||||
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Tarapacá was a Department of Peru, which existed between 1878 and 1884, when it was unconditionally ceded to Chile after the War of the Pacific under the Treaty of Ancón.