Tarapacá (Región)

"La I Región de Tarapacá, o Región de Tarapacá, es un territorio chileno, considerado por Chile como una de las quince regiones que lo constituyen. Limita al norte con la Región de Arica y Parinacota, al este con Bolivia, al sur con la Región de Antofagasta y al oeste con el océano Pacífico. Cuenta con una superficie de 42 225,8 km² y una población al 2015 de 336 769 habitantes. La región está compuesta por las provincias de El Tamarugal e Iquique, y la capital regional es la ciudad de Iquique, que junto con Alto Hospicio forman el Gran Iquique cuya población alcanza los 279 400 habitantes."

"The I Tarapacá Region (Spanish: I Región de Tarapacá) is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It borders the Chilean Arica and Parinacota Region to the north, Bolivia's Oruro Department on the east, the Antofagasta Region on the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west. The port city of Iquique (2002 pop. 216,419) is the region's capital. Much of the region was once the Tarapacá Province of Peru, which was annexed by Chile under the 1883 Treaty of Ancón at the close of the War of the Pacific. The region was important economically as a site of intense saltpeter mining, before synthetic nitrate manufacturing became possible. A number of abandoned mining towns can still be found in the region. The present day Tarapacá Region was created in 2007 by subdividing the former Tarapacá Region under Law 20.175, which was signed by President Michelle Bachelet in Arica."