Tarapacá

I Región de Tarapacá

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Capital	Iquique
Provinces	Arica Parinacota Iquique
Area   - Total	Ranked 6th 59,099.1 km²
Population   - 2002 Census   - Density	Ranked 10th 428,594 7.25/km²
ISO 3166-2	CL-TA

Tarapacá is Chile's northernmost administrative region.

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.

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.

Main Rivers

• Ríos Caquena
• Lauca
• Isluga
• Cariquima
• Concosa (Altiplano)
• Río Lluta

Main economic activities

• Fishing
• Tourism
• Mining