Tarata Department (Chile)

Tarata Departament
Departamento de Tarata
Department of Chile

Tarata Department within Tacna Province
CapitalTarata
Area
  Coordinates17°28′28.67″S 70°1′57″W / 17.4746306°S 70.03250°W / -17.4746306; -70.03250
Historical eraAftermath of the War of the Pacific
20 October 1883
 Established
1911
 Disestablished
1921
 Return to Peru
1 September 1925
Subdivisions
  TypeCommunes
  UnitsTarata
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tacna Department
Tacna Department
Today part ofPeru

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.