Tacna Province
| Tacna | |
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| Province | |
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Tacna | |
 Location of Tacna in the Tacna Region | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Tacna |
| Capital | Tacna |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luis Ramon Torres Robledo (2007) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,066.11 km2 (3,114.34 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 250,509 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| UBIGEO | 2301 |
| Website |
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Tacna is the largest of four provinces in the Tacna Region in southern Peru located on the border with Chile and Bolivia. Its capital is Tacna.
Geography
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.
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[1]
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Political division
The province is divided into ten districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde):
- Alto de la Alianza
- Calana
- Ciudad Nueva
- Coronel Gregorio Albarracín Lanchipa
- Inclán
- Pachía
- Palca
- Pocollay
- Sama
- Tacna
Ethnic groups
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
Sources
- ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Tacna Province (Tacna Region)
- ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
External links
- (Spanish) Official website of the Tacna Province