Arica-Parinacota Region
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| Capital | Arica |
| Provinces | Arica |
| Area - Total |
Ranked 12 16,873.3 km² |
| Population |
Ranked 13 189,644 |
XV Arica-Parinacota Region (Spanish: XV Región de Arica y Parinacota) is Chile's northernmost administrative region. Its capital is Arica. Arica-Parinacota is also Chile's newest region, becoming operational on October 8 2007. It was created by subdividing the Tarapacá Region and consists of two provinces: Arica and Parinacota.
Border dispute with Peru
On January 26th, 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 have endorsed a plan regarding the Arica and Parinacota region which does not comply with the current, established territorial demarcation. Moreover, they allege that the proposed Chilean law includes an assertion of sovereignty over 19,000 sq. meters 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."
The Chilean deputies and senators that approved the law said they didn't notice this error. For its part, the Chilean government has asserted that 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.[1] A possible border dispute was averted when the Chilean Constitutional Court ruled on January 26 2007 formally unconstitutional legislation, that Peru said could be seen as a move by Chile to encroach on its maritime territorial sovereignty. While agreeing with the court's ruling, the Chilean government reiterated its stance that the maritime borders between the two nations were not in question and have been formally by the international community. [3]. The Peruvian government has stated that it might turn to the international court at The Hague to solve the dispute.[2]
This law was heavily criticized in both Chile and Peru. In Peru nationalists saw that as a proof of that Chile don't care about the international treaties that defines the border to Peru. In Chile politicians were upset of that the friendly government of Alan Garcia may chill down the good relations and gestures he had started toward Chile.
References
External links
- Ley Nº 20.175 (Law creating the region, in Spanish)
- Constitutional Court sentence (in Spanish)
| Regions of Chile | |
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| Arica y Parinacota • Tarapacá • Antofagasta • Atacama • Coquimbo • Valparaíso • O'Higgins • Maule • Bío-Bío • Araucanía • Los Ríos • Los Lagos • Aysen • Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena • Santiago Metropolitan Region |
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