Tarapacá Region
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| Capital | Iquique |
| Provinces | Arica |
| Area - Total | Ranked 6th 59,099.1 km² |
| Population | Ranked 10th 428,594 |
| 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.
Tarapacá is a former Peruvian province, which was transferred to neighbouring Chile under the 1883 Treaty of Ancón at the close of the War of the Pacific.
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Towns
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Climate
Mostly desert like, with the following variations:
- Coastal desert with fog and little temperature variation during the day.
- Normal Desert
- Marginal desert of highlands.
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Main Rivers
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Main economic activities
- Fishing
- Tourism
- Mining
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| I: Tarapacá | II: Antofagasta | III: Atacama | IV: Coquimbo | V: Valparaíso | VI: O'Higgins | VII: Maule | VIII: Bío-Bío | IX: Araucanía | X: Los Lagos | XI: Aysen | XII: Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena | |
| RM: Santiago Metropolitan Region | |
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