Peru–Chile border

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The Peru–Chile border is the international boundary separating southern Peru from northern Chile, running from the Pacific coast near Arica inland through the Atacama Desert and Andean highlands.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
land border
borderType demarcated boundary with milestones
continent South America
countryBorder Chile
Peru
easternTerminus tripoint with Bolivia (near Visviri–Tripartito area)
establishedByTreaty Treaty of Ancón
Treaty of Lima
governedBy Peru–Chile border self-linksurface differs
surface form: Peru–Chile Boundary Commission agreements
hasBorderCrossing Peru–Chile border self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arica–Tacna border crossing

Chacalluta border crossing
surface form: Chacalluta border complex

Santa Rosa border crossing
surface form: Santa Rosa border complex
hasCheckpoint Chacalluta border crossing
surface form: Chilean border control at Chacalluta

Peruvian border control at Santa Rosa
hasClimate arid
hasDispute maritime boundary between Peru and Chile
hasHighestElevationInMeters over 4000
hasHistoricalEvent Treaty of Valparaíso (1884 armistice with Bolivia)
surface form: War of the Pacific territorial settlement
hasLanguageUsedAtBorder Spanish
hasLowestElevationInMeters 0
hasNearbyEthnicGroup Aymara people
Quechua people
hasTerrain coastal plain
desert
mountainous highlands
lengthInKilometers approximately 169
locatedInTimeZone UTC−04:00 on Chile side
UTC−05:00 on Peru side
maritimeBoundarySettledBy International Court of Justice ruling of 2014
nearbyCity Arica
Tacna
partOf Chile–Peru territorial dispute history
passesThrough Andes
Atacama Desert
regionOnChileSide Arica y Parinacota Region
regionOnPeruSide Tacna Region
separates northern Chile
southern Peru
startsAt Pacific Ocean
treatyYear 1883
1929
usedFor passenger travel between Peru and Chile
road transport between Peru and Chile
trade between Peru and Chile
westernTerminus Punto Concordia (disputed designation)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peru–Chile border hasBorderCrossing Peru–Chile border self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Arica–Tacna border crossing
Peru–Chile border governedBy Peru–Chile border self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Peru–Chile Boundary Commission agreements
Chacalluta International Airport servesBorderArea Peru–Chile border
this entity surface form: Chile–Peru border region
Arica Province partOf Peru–Chile border
this entity surface form: Chile–Peru border region