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Arica (/ ə ˈ r iː k ə / ə-REE-kə; Spanish:) is a commune and a port city with a population of 222,619 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region. It is Chile's northernmost city, being located only 18 km (11 mi) south of the border with Peru. The city is the capital of both the Arica Province and the Arica and ...
Arica y Parinacota is the 5th smallest, the 3rd least populous and the 6th least densely populated of the regions of Chile. Arica is the region's capital and largest city. The region was a former Peruvian province, which was occupied by Chile under the 1883 Treaty of Ancón at the close of the War of the Pacific, and then formally annexed in ...
The Port of Arica(Spanish: Puerto de Arica, Terminal Portuario de Arica; TPA) is the main portof the northernmost coastal Chileancity of Arica. The northern part of the port, known by its acronym, MASP Arica(Spanish: Muelle al servicio del Perú en Arica), is operated by the Peruvian State. It is one of the six most active ports in Chile ...
As a province, Arica is a second-level administrative division of Chile, consisting of two communes ( comunas ): Arica in the northern portion and Camarones in the south. The coastal city of Arica serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by the presidentially appointed regional delegate of Arica y Parinacota.
The geography of Chile is extremely diverse, as the country extends from a latitude of 17° South to Cape Horn at 56° and from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Andes in the east. Chile is situated in southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean and a small part of the South Atlantic Ocean. Chile's territorial shape is ...
The Tarapacá Region ( Spanish: Región de Tarapacá, pronounced [taɾapaˈka]) is one of Chile 's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It comprises two provinces, Iquique and Tamarugal. It borders the Chilean Arica y Parinacota Region to the north, Bolivia 's Oruro Department and Potosí Department on the east, Chile's Antofagasta Region ...
Putre is a Chilean town and commune, capital of the Parinacota Province in the Arica-Parinacota Region. It is located 130 km (81 mi) east of Arica, at an altitude of 3,500 m (11,483 ft). The town is backdropped by Taapaca volcanic complex. Putre is on the edge of the Lauca National Park, and is popular with visitors to the National Park wishing ...
The Chilean Coastal Range ( Spanish: Cordillera de la Costa) is a mountain range that runs from north to south along the Pacific coast of South America parallel to the Andean Mountains, extending from Morro de Arica in the north to Taitao Peninsula, where it ends at the Chile Triple Junction, in the south. The range has a strong influence on ...