# Canonical recap data for War of the Pacific (1879)
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slug: war-pacific
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1879/war-pacific"
title: War of the Pacific
subtitle: Chile's victory against Peru and Bolivia over nitrate-rich territories redrew South American borders, enriched Chilean economy, and destabilized the regional balance for decades.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1879-04-05
datePrecision: day
year: 1879
decade: 1870
country:
name: Chile
slug: chile
summaryShort: "The War of the Pacific, also known by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought over Chilean claims on coastal Bolivian territory in the Atacama Desert, the war ended with victory for Chile, which gained a significant amount of resource-rich territory from "
summaryLong: The War of the Pacific, also known by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought over Chilean claims on coastal Bolivian territory in the Atacama Desert, the war ended with victory for Chile, which gained a significant amount of resource-rich territory from Peru and Bolivia. The war demonstrated Chile's military-technological superiority over its opponents at the time.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/War_of_the_Pacific_LOC_map.png/1280px-War_of_the_Pacific_LOC_map.png"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "War of the Pacific"
importance: 78
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Pacific"
  title: War of the Pacific (1879 - 1883)
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The War of the Pacific, also known by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought over Chilean clai
wikidataQid: Q152004
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260702081454/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Pacific"
  capturedAt: 2026-07-02
  label: War of the Pacific (1879 - 1883)
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Pacific"
