Arica

American

[uh-ree-kuh, ah-ree-kah] / əˈri kə, ɑˈri kɑ /

noun

a seaport in N Chile.
Tacna-Arica

Arica British

/ əˈriːkə, aˈrika /

noun

a port in extreme N Chile: awarded to Chile in 1929 after the lengthy Tacna-Arica dispute with Peru; outlet for Bolivian and Peruvian trade. Pop: 180 000 (2005 est) See also Tacna-Arica

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Diego Paco, the regional governor of Chile's border area of Arica, expressed his concern to AFP about the welfare of migrants stranded in the desert.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

Around 150 Venezuelans will go back to their country on a flight from the Chilean city of Arica, which borders Peru, this weekend, Peruvian Foreign Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi also told Congress.

From Reuters • May 4, 2023

By 2011, at 17 years old, he was bodysurfing in Arica, Chile, and Puerto Escondido, Mexico, a big wave capital of the world.

From New York Times • May 19, 2022

Arica Booker, senior director of facilities management for Sodexo Live, says that although customers may not notice much of a difference in how a lounge operates today, the reopening process was complex and labor-intensive.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2022

But the Chinchorro attracted sustained attention only in 1983, when ninety-six superbly preserved cadavers were discovered beneath a massif that rises above downtown Arica, Chile.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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