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

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