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La provincia de Antofagasta. Creación y consolidación de un territorio nuevo en el Estado chileno: 1888-1933

2010; Spanish National Research Council; Volume: 70; Issue: 249 Linguagem: Espanhol

10.3989/revindias.2010.011

1988-3188

José Antonio González Pizarro,

Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America

The article examines diverse factors —geographic, economic, demographic, political and legal— which influenced the parliamentary debate and the subsequent creation of the province of Antofagasta under the government of Balmaceda. One of the most important differences of this province in comparison with other Chilean territories resulted from the municipal powers inherited from the Bolivian administration that contributed to the hardening of regionalist discourse in the face of the Chilean government’s aim of juridical uniformity. The article reviews the different proposals for a political-administrative structure for the Antofagasta territory and the different modifications affecting it from 1888 until 1933. Emphasis is placed on the complexity of the territory at the local, national and international levels.