Tacna is the largest of four provinces in the Department of Tacna in southern Peru located on the border with Chile and Bolivia. Its capital is Tacna.

Tacna
Tacna
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Location of Tacna in the Tacna Region
Location of Tacna in the Tacna Region
CountryPeru
RegionTacna
CapitalTacna
Government
 • MayorJulio Daniel Medina Castro
(2019-2022)
Area
 • Total8,066.11 km2 (3,114.34 sq mi)
Population
 • Total250,509
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
UBIGEO2301
Websitewww.munitacna.gob.pe

Geography

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The Tacna Province is bounded to the north by the Jorge Basadre Province and the Tarata Province, to the east by Chile and Bolivia, to the south by Chile and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

The Barroso mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[1]

Political division

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The province is divided into 11 districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde):

Ethnic groups

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The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Spanish, however, is the language which the majority of the population (80.88%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.34% of the residents started speaking using the Aymara language and 2.55% using Quechua (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

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Sources

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  1. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Tacna Province (Tacna Region)
  2. ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
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18°00′53″S 70°14′56″W / 18.01466°S 70.24887°W / -18.01466; -70.24887