Spread out below the great bluffs of the Morro de Arica, the City of Eternal Spring stands steadfast and free.

Arica is located just kilometers from the Peruvian city of Tacna, and this is no coincidence-- Arica is yet another city seized in the flames of the War of the Pacific and bent to the will of its conqueror. All the same, it has gracefully adapted to Chilean rule, and serves as the capital of the Arica y Parinacota Region.

Being the closest port to the landlocked nation of Bolivia, the city also serves as a free port, allowing tariff free goods to flow in and out of the city. Such efforts have blossomed Arica into an undisputed regional center of industry and commerce, and allowed Chile's northern sentinel to keep careful watch over the red sands of the Atacama.