Tarapacá is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Amazonas. As of 2015, the population comprised 4,195 people.
Tarapacá, Amazonas | |
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Municipality and town | |
![]() Location of the municipality and town of Tarapacá, Amazonas in the Amazonas Department of Colombia | |
Coordinates: 2°52′44″S 69°44′38″W / 2.87889°S 69.74389°W | |
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Founded | 14 February 1909 |
Area | |
• Total | 1,443 km2 (557 sq mi) |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 4,195 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate | Af |
The town is served by Tarapacá Airport.
History
editOriginally founded by Peruvian refugees from the War of the Pacific, it was awarded to Colombia after the Salomón-Lozano Treaty signing in July 1922.[1][2] These refugees would later resettle in the settlement of the same name in northern Peru.
Places with the same name
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Porras Barrenechea, Raúl. Historia de los límites del Perú (PDF). Librería Francesa Científica y Casa Editorial E. Rosay. p. 79-80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2014.
- ^ Núñez Atencio, Lautaro y Maldonado Prieto, Carlos (2005). Reseña bibliográfica: El Dios Cautivo. Las Ligas Patrióticas en la chilenización compulsiva de Tarapacá (1910-1922), Sergio González Miranda, LOM Ediciones, Santiago, 2004. Vol. 37. Chungará (Arica), Universidad de Tarapacá. ISSN 0717-7356. [1].
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