Litoral Department information

Department of the Litoral Departamento del Litoral
Department of Bolivia
1825–1904
Flag
The Litoral Department in 1894[a]
Capital	La Mar (1867–1875) Antofagasta (1875–1879)
Demonym	Litorense
Area
• 1879	154,393 km2 (59,611 sq mi)
Population
• 1879	15,000
History
Historical era	19th Century
• Created as Atacama Department	29 January 1825
• Reorganized as the Litoral Province	1 July 1829
• Reorganized as the Litoral District	c. 26 October 1839[1]
• Reorganized as the Litoral Department	2 January 1867
• Chilean Invasion of Antofagasta	14 February 1879
• War of the Pacific begins	5 April 1879
• Treaty of Valparaiso	4 April 1884
• Antofagasta Province created by Chile	September 1888
• Ceded to Chile	20 October 1904
Preceded by Succeeded by Potosí Department Antofagasta Province
Today part of	Chile

The Department of the Litoral, also known as the Atacama Department^[2] and commonly known as the Bolivian coast, was the description of the extent of the Pacific coast of the Atacama Desert included in the territory of Bolivia from its inception in 1825 until 1879, when it was lost to Chile.

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