Background
When Bolivia emerged in 1825 as an independent state, these territories were part of the Bolivian Potosí Department. During the government of Andrés de Santa Cruz, the territories were established as the department of Litoral.
The main towns on the Pacific coast named, were from north to south, Cobija, Mejillones and Antofagasta.
The port of Paposo was taken from the colony as the capital of the coast Atacameño. Chile, once it consolidated its independence, looked to their territories north and executed various acts of sovereignty on the coast of the desert, as part of its territory throughout the coast to the mouth of the river Loa, as it formed the border with Peru, putting more if not for the establishment of Bolivia which was established in the town of Cobija.
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