Tarapacá is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Amazonas. As of 2015, the population comprised 4,195 people.
The town is served by Tarapacá Airport.
History Originally founded by Peruvian refugees from the War of the Pacific, it was awarded to Colombia after the Salomón-Lozano Treaty signing in July 1922. These refugees would later resettle in the settlement of the same name in northern Peru.
Places with the same name Nuevo Tarapacá, Peru San Lorenzo de Tarapacá, Chile Tarapacá Region, Chile
See also Peru-Colombia War War of the Pacific
References
External links Government of Amazonas Department, Tarapacá