Tarata Department (Chile)
| Tarata Departament Departamento de Tarata | |||||||||
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| Department of Chile | |||||||||
Tarata Department within Tacna Province | |||||||||
| Capital | Tarata | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Coordinates | 17°28′28.67″S 70°1′57″W / 17.4746306°S 70.03250°W | ||||||||
| Historical era | Aftermath of the War of the Pacific | ||||||||
| 20 October 1883 | |||||||||
• Established | 1911 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1921 | ||||||||
• Return to Peru | 1 September 1925 | ||||||||
| Subdivisions | |||||||||
| • Type | Communes | ||||||||
| • Units | Tarata | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Peru | ||||||||
The Tarata Department was a territorial division of Chile that existed between 1911 and 1921. Its territory comprised some controversial territory east of Sama River.