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ARICA (SAN MARCOS DE ARICA)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 490 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARICA (See also:SAN MARCOS DE ARICA)  , a See also:town and See also:port of the Chilean-governed See also:province of See also:Tacna, situated in 18° 28' o8" S. See also:lat. and 700 20' 46" W. See also:long . It is the port for Tacna, the See also:capital of the province, 38 m. distant, with which it is connected by See also:rail, and is the outlet for a large and productive See also:mining See also:district . See also:Arica at one See also:time had a See also:population of 30,000 and enjoyed much prosperity, but through See also:civil See also:war, earthquakes and See also:conquest, its population had dwindled to 2853 in 1895 and 2824 in 1902 . The See also:great See also:earthquake of 1868, followed by a tidal See also:wave, nearly destroyed the town and See also:shipping . Arica was captured, looted and burned by the Chileans in 188o, and in accordance with the terms of the treaty of See also:Ancon (1883) should have been returned to See also:Peru in 1894, but this was not done . See also:Late in 1906 the town again suffered severely from an earthquake .

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