Arica Province (Spanish: Provincia de Arica) is one of two provinces of Chile's northernmost and most recently created region, Arica and Parinacota (XV). The province is bordered on the north by the Tacna Province of Peru, on the south by the Tamarugal Province in the Tarapacá Region, on the east the Parinacota Province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is the port city of Arica.

On October 8 of 2007, Law 20.175 entered into force, effective on March 23 of 2007. It was signed by President Michelle Bachelet in the city of Arica. At a ceremony held on that morning, the community received in new milestone in its history.

The law divided the former Tarapacá Region into two: the northern portion became the XV Arica and Parinacota Region, and the southern portion remained the I Tarapacá Region.

According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 8,726.4 km² (3,369 sq mi) and had a population of 186,488 inhabitants (92,487 men and 94,001 women), giving it a population density of 21.4 /km² (55 /sq mi). Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 9.5% (16,184 persons).

Arica is a commune and a port city with a population of 185,269 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica and Parinacota Region, located only 18 km (11 mi) south of the border with Peru. The city is the capital of both the Arica Province and the Arica and Parinacota Region. Known as the "city of the eternal spring", it was originally a part of Peru but it was lost after the Treaty of Ancon as part of the results of the War of the Pacific.

Archaeological research has indicated the site of Arica was inhabited by different native groups for at least ten thousand years. The city was founded by Spanish captain Lucas Martinez de Begazo in 1541, and in 1570 was entitled as "La Muy Ilustre y Real Ciudad San Marcos de Arica" (the very illustrious and royal city of San Marcos of Arica). This city was, from 1545, the port for exporting the silver of Potosí, Bolivia.

The Potosi silver mine was the largest such mine in world history, making Arica a crucial port for the Spanish Empire. This port was looted by such famous pirates, buccaneers, and privateers as Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish, Richard Hawkins, Joris van Spilbergen, John Watling, Simon de Cordes, Leandro de Valencia, Bartholomew Sharp, William Dampier, and John Clipperton.

Pablo Javier Pérez (born 10 August 1985 in Rosario) is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays for Newell's Old Boys.

Pérez made his professional debut in a 2-2 draw with Godoy Cruz on 2 December 2006. On 26 May 2007, Pérez scored his first three goals for Newell's with a hat trick in the 4-4 draw with Estudiantes.

In 2009 he left Newell's to join Ecuadorian side Emelec. He was signed by Ecuadorian giants as an attacking option for the midfield and the Ecuadorian pressed even dubbed him the "fantastic" Perez.^{[citation needed]}