Tarapacá, Amazonas

Municipality and town in Amazonas Department, Colombia
2°52′44″S 69°44′38″W / 2.87889°S 69.74389°W / -2.87889; -69.74389Country ColombiaDepartment Amazonas DepartmentFounded14 February 1909Area
 • Total1,443 km2 (557 sq mi)Population
 (2015)
 • Total4,195Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)ClimateAf

Tarapacá is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Amazonas. As of 2015, the population comprised 4,195 people.

The town is served by Tarapacá Airport.

History

Originally 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

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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].{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

  • (in Spanish) Government of Amazonas Department, Tarapacá[permanent dead link]
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