Tacna is the largest of four
provinces
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
in the
Department of Tacna in southern
Peru
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located on the border with
Chile
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and
Bolivia
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. Its capital is
Tacna
Tacna is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region. A very commercially active city, it is located only north of the border with Arica y Parinacota Region from Chile, inland from the Pacific Ocean and in the valley of ...
.
Geography
The Tacna Province is bounded to the north by the
Jorge Basadre Province
Jorge Basadre Province is one of four provinces in the Tacna Region in southern Peru. Its capital is Locumba. The province was created on April 21, 1988 (by law No. ''24799'') and is named after Jorge Basadre Grohmann, the country's most notable h ...
and the
Tarata Province
Tarata is one of four provinces in the Tacna Region in southern Peru. Its capital is Tarata city.
Geography
The Tarata Province is bounded to the north by the Candarave Province and the Puno Region, to the east by Bolivia, and to the south an ...
, to the east by
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...
and
Bolivia
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, to the south by Chile and to the west by the
Pacific Ocean
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.
The Barroso mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
Political division
The province is divided into 11
districts
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( es, distritos, singular: ''distrito''), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''):
*
Alto de la Alianza
The Alto de la Alianza Monumental Complex ( es, Complejo Monumental Alto de la Alianza) is a historical monument and landmark complex in the south of Peru, near the city of Tacna.
The monument is located in the site of the Battle of Tacna, a ba ...
*
Calana
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Ciudad Nueva
*
Coronel Gregorio Albarracín Lanchipa
*
Inclán
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Pachía
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Palca
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Pocollay
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Sama
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La Yarada-Los Palos District
*
Tacna
Tacna is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region. A very commercially active city, it is located only north of the border with Arica y Parinacota Region from Chile, inland from the Pacific Ocean and in the valley of ...
Ethnic groups
The province is inhabited by
indigenous
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*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
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*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
citizens of
Aymara
Aymara may refer to:
Languages and people
* Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language
** Aymara language, the main language within that family
** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
and
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
descent.
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
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, 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
Aymara (; also ) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers.The other native American languages with more than one millio ...
and 2.55% using
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
(
2007 Peru Census
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Vivien ...
).
inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
See also
* Wila Wilani
Sources
External links
*
Official website of the Tacna Province
Provinces of the Tacna Region
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