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26-414: The Arica y Parinacota Region (Spanish: Región de Arica y Parinacota pronounced [aˈɾikaj paɾinaˈkota] ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions . It comprises two provinces, Arica and Parinacota . It borders Peru 's Department of Tacna to the north, Bolivia 's La Paz and Oruro departments to the east and Chile's Tarapacá Region to the south. Arica y Parinacota
52-559: A country is sometimes called the " first-level (or first-order ) administrative division" or "first administrative level". Its next subdivision might be called "second-level administrative division" or "second administrative level" and so on. An alternative terminology is provided by the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics which terms the principal division as the second level or NUTS-2. Administrative divisions are conceptually separate from dependent territories , with
78-406: A number of smaller entities. Within those entities are the large and small cities or towns, which may or may not be the county seat . Some of the world's larger cities culturally, if not officially, span several counties, and those crossing state or provincial boundaries have much in common culturally as well, but are rarely incorporated within the same municipal government. Many sister cities share
104-660: A particular independent sovereign state is divided. Such a unit usually has an administrative authority with the power to take administrative or policy decisions for its area. Usually, sovereign states have several levels of administrative division. Common names for the principal (largest) administrative divisions include: states (subnational states, rather than sovereign states), provinces , lands , oblasts and regions . These in turn are often subdivided into smaller administrative units known by names such as comarcas , raions or districts , which are further subdivided into municipalities , communes or communities constituting
130-556: A process of forced acculturation known as Chilenization with the aim of creating a dominance of Chilean traditions and culture. In 2007, the region was subdivided to create the Arica y Parinacota region and the present day Tarapacá Region to the south. The region is further subdivided into two provinces: Arica and Parinacota . According to data from the 2017 Census of the National Statistics Institute ,
156-427: A province, region, canton, land, governorate, oblast, emirate, or country. Administrative units that are not federated or confederated but enjoy a greater degree of autonomy or self-government than other territories within the same country can be considered autonomous regions or de facto constituent states of that country. This relationship is by some authors called a federacy or asymmetric federalism . An example
182-463: A water boundary, which quite often serves as a border of both cities and counties. For example, Cambridge and Boston , Massachusetts appear to the casual traveler as one large city, while locally they each are quite culturally different and occupy different counties. General terms for these incorporated places include " municipality ", " settlement ", "locality", and "populated place". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Peru) Supreme Court of
208-467: Is (by area or population), the fewer levels of administrative divisions it has. For example, Vatican City does not have any administrative subdivisions, and Monaco has only one level (both are city-states ), while such countries as France and Pakistan have five levels each. The United States is composed of states, possessions, territories , and a federal district , each with varying numbers of subdivisions. The principal administrative division of
234-730: Is no fixed rule, for " all politics is local " as is perhaps well demonstrated by their relative lack of systemic order. In the realm of self-government, any of these can and does occur along a stretch of road—which for the most part is passing through rural, unsettled countryside. Since the terms are administrative political divisions of the local regional government, their exact relationship and definitions are subject to home rule considerations, tradition, as well as state statute law and local governmental (administrative) definition and control. In British cultural legacy, some territorial entities began with fairly expansive counties which encompass an appreciably large area, but were divided over time into
260-578: 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 1929 by the Treaty of Lima . Following annexation, Arica y Parinacota went through
286-485: Is the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan within Uzbekistan . Due to variations in their use worldwide, consistency in the translation of terms from non-English to English is sometimes difficult to maintain. In many of the following terms originating from British cultural influence, areas of relatively low mean population density might bear a title of an entity one would expect to be either larger or smaller. There
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#1732793280988312-584: Is typical in deserts. A marginal desert region can be found over 3,000 m (9,843 ft) above sea level, which sees milder temperatures and summer rains. On 26 January 2007, Peru's government issued a protest against Chile's demarcation of the coastal frontier the two countries share. According to the Peruvian Foreign Ministry , the Chilean legislatures had endorsed a plan regarding the Arica y Parinacota region which did not comply with
338-580: The Lauca , which drains into Bolivia's Coipasa salt flat ( Lago Coipasa ), and the Lluta , which flows into the Pacific Ocean. Lake Chungará at 4,517 metres (14,820 ft) above sea level ranks as one of the highest in the world. A desert climate dominates the region. Near the coast, cloudiness can limit the temperature swing throughout the day, but in other drier areas, temperatures can vary greatly as
364-461: The 17th and 18th centuries. There are a large number of Roma people or Gypsies in the Arica province as well, originated from Eastern Europe in the late 19th century. At the level of cities, the most populated are: Arica , with 175,441 inhabitants and Putre , with 1235 inhabitants. The region lies within the Norte Grande ( Far North ) natural region . It combines deserts, green valleys,
390-512: The Court has defined the course of the maritime boundary between the Parties without determining the precise geographical co-ordinates. Administrative division Administrative divisions (also administrative units , administrative regions , #-level subdivisions , subnational entities , or constituent states , as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which
416-529: The Republic President Javier Arévalo Vela [ es ] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru ( Spanish : Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores ) is the government ministry in charge of foreign policy and international relations and international cooperation. It works in coordination with Peruvian ambassadors and consuls with accrediting in different countries and with international organizations . In
442-419: The coast. From that point, the new border runs in a southwest direction to a point that is 200 miles equidistant from the coast of the two countries. Under the ruling, Chile lost control over part of its formerly claimed maritime territory and gives additional maritime territory to Peru. From the 27 January 2014 court press release: The Court concludes that the maritime boundary between the Parties starts at
468-594: The current established territorial demarcation. Moreover, it is alleged that the proposed Chilean law included an assertion of sovereignty over 19,000 m (204,514 sq ft) of land in Peru's Department of Tacna . According to the Peruvian Foreign Ministry, Chile has defined a new region "without respecting the Concordia demarcation." For its part, the Chilean government has asserted that
494-431: The former being an integral part of the state and the other being only under some lesser form of control. However, the term "administrative division" can include dependent territories as well as accepted administrative divisions (for example, in geographical databases ). Communities united in a federation under a federal government are more specifically known as federated states . A federated state may be referred to as
520-402: The intersection of the parallel of latitude passing through Boundary Marker No. 1 with the low-water line, and extends for 80 nautical miles along that parallel of latitude to Point A. From this point, the maritime boundary runs along the equidistance line to Point B, and then along the 200-nautical-mile limit measured from the Chilean baselines to Point C. In view of the circumstances of the case,
546-499: The region in dispute is not a coastal site named Concordia, but instead refers to boundary stone No. 1, which is located to the northeast and 200 meters inland. A possible border dispute was averted when the Chilean Constitutional Court formally ruled on 26 January 2007, against the legislation. While agreeing with the court's ruling, the Chilean government reiterated its stance that the maritime borders between
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#1732793280988572-437: The region is populated by 224,548 inhabitants. Its density reaches 13.3 inhabitants per km². This region holds the largest population of Aymara and a significant number of immigrants from neighboring Peru and Bolivia . Included are those of Asian descent, such as Chinese and Japanese; and Arabs from Lebanon , Palestine and Syria . Most of the country's Afro-Chileans live in the Arica province, descended from slaves in
598-615: The same way, it coordinates, attends to and treats accrediting embassies before the Peruvian State in Lima , with foreign consulates accrediting in different cities of the country and with international organizations that have seat or representatives in Lima. As of 3 September 2024 , the minister is Elmer Schialer [ es ] . This article about politics in Peru
624-402: The smallest units of subdivision (the local governments ). Some administrative division names (such as departments , cantons , prefectures , counties or governorates ) can be used for principal, second-level, or third-level divisions. The levels of administrative divisions and their structure largely varies by country (and sometimes within a single country). Usually the smaller the country
650-601: The steep and volcanic Andes mountains, and the Altiplano (high plain) to the east. A narrow coastal strip of low-lying land no more than 2 kilometres (1 mi) wide separates the Pacific's Nazca Plate from the Andes. Its Parinacota volcano is the region's highest elevation at 6,348 metres (20,827 ft) and lies on the northern border with Bolivia in Lauca National Park . The region's two main rivers are
676-552: The two nations were not in question and have been formally recognized by the international community. The Peruvian government has stated that it might turn to the international court at The Hague to solve the dispute. On 27 January 2014, in the final ruling of the International Court of Justice located in The Hague , Peru gained some maritime territory. The maritime boundary extends only to 80 nautical miles off of
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