Which region should I choose for players in Arica?

North America for the lowest ping. If your friends are spread across continents, pick the region in the middle of the group; Europe is the next closest to Arica at an estimated 125 ms.

Is the free server available from Chile?

Yes. The free tier is available worldwide and runs on the North America and Europe nodes, subject to capacity. It has 3.5 GB RAM, sleeps after 15 idle minutes and wakes when a player joins. No card is needed.

Can I pay in Chilean Peso?

Plans are charged in US dollars. Any Visa, Mastercard or American Express card from Chile works, and your bank converts at its own rate. The Chilean Peso prices on this page are estimates to help you compare.

Can my friends on phones and consoles join from Arica?

Yes. Create a Bedrock server, or run a Java server with Geyser so both editions join the same world. Bedrock uses UDP port 19132, which the panel assigns for you.

Does Enzonic have a data centre in Arica?

No. Enzonic runs its own hardware in North America and Europe and rents extra capacity in Europe and Asia. This page is here to tell you honestly which region is closest to Arica and what to expect.

Server locations

Minecraft server hosting in Arica

Arica (Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile) is about 6,511 km from Enzonic's North America region. Over a normal home connection that is an estimated 105 ms, low enough for smooth Java and Bedrock play. Here is what hosting from Arica looks like.

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Nearest region and estimated ping

Great-circle distance from Arica to each Enzonic region, with a ping estimate. Real latency depends on your ISP's route; test it from the panel before you pick.

Region	Distance	Estimated ping	Runs
North AmericaNearest	6,511 km	~105 ms	Free Minecraft · Free bots and apps · Paid plans
Europe	7,766 km	~125 ms	Free Minecraft · Free bots and apps · Paid plans
Asia	16,530 km	~260 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans

Estimates assume fibre at about 200,000 km/s with routes 1.5 times the straight line, plus a few milliseconds for the last mile. Under 60 ms feels instant in Minecraft; under 120 ms is still comfortable.

Free Minecraft servers run in North America and Europe. From Arica the closer of the two is North America, an estimated 105 ms.

Local details for Arica

Language: The panel and this site are available in Español; support answers in English and Spanish.
Currency: Plans are priced and charged in US dollars; your bank converts to Chilean Peso at its own rate.
Local time: Arica is on America/Santiago (UTC-03). Scheduled restarts and backups in the panel use your own time zone.
Payment methods: Visa, Mastercard and American Express from any country, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay in browsers that support them. Checkout runs on Stripe, which shows any extra local methods it supports in Chile. You can also pay with a gift card, and the free tier needs no card at all.
Population: About 240,000 people live in Arica (GeoNames). Nearby cities with their own pages are listed below.

Plans with prices in Chilean Peso

Live US dollar prices from the panel, with an approximate Chilean Peso figure next to each one. The first month is cheaper while a sale runs.

Plan	RAM	Per month (USD)
Free tier3.5 GB RAM, wakes when a player joins, no card.	3.5 GB	$0.00
Dirt	512 MB	$0.49$0.39 first month
Wood	4 GB	$3.79$3.03 first month
Stone	6 GB	$5.49$4.39 first month
Iron	8 GB	$6.99$5.59 first month
Gold	10 GB	$8.99$7.19 first month
Diamond	12 GB	$10.69$8.55 first month
Obsidian	16 GB	$13.99$11.19 first month

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Java or Bedrock from Arica?

Both editions run on the same regions. Java Edition is the PC version with mods, plugins and most public servers. Bedrock Edition is what phones, consoles and Windows 10/11 play; its servers use UDP port 19132. Not sure who is joining? Start a Java server and add Geyser so Bedrock players can join it too.

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Nearby cities

Other cities with their own page, nearest first.

Tacna, Peru52 km away
Iquique194 km away
Arequipa, Peru266 km away
La Paz, Bolivia317 km away
Juliaca, Peru331 km away
Oruro, Bolivia343 km away
Quillacollo, Bolivia442 km away
Cochabamba, Bolivia455 km away

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Nearby countries

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Questions from Arica

Our estimate is about 105 ms to the North America region, based on the 6,511 km distance. Your ISP's route can add or remove 10 to 20 ms. The panel's region picker runs a live latency test from your browser, so check it before you create the server.

Start a server for Arica

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Distances use great-circle maths from city coordinates and Enzonic's published region locations. City names, coordinates, populations and time zones come from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Exchange rates: European Central Bank via frankfurter.dev, 2026-11-10. No reviews or customer counts are shown on this page because we do not publish per-city figures.

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