Tacna Province

Tacna
Tacna
Province
	Tacna
	Location of Tacna in the Tacna Region
Country	Peru
Region	Tacna
Capital	Tacna
Government
• Mayor	Julio Daniel Medina Castro; (2019-2022)
Area
• Total	8,066.11 km2 (3,114.34 sq mi)
Population
• Total	250,509
• Density	31/km2 (80/sq mi)
UBIGEO	2301
Website	www.munitacna.gob.pe

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.

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.

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

Awki Taypi
Chachakumani
Chullunkhäni
Chunta Qullu
Chupikiña
Ch'alluta
Iñuma
Jach'a Pata
Jach'a Qullu
Janq'u Chawllani
Janq'u Qalani
Karpani
Kunturini
Khuruña
Lluqu Qullu
Piqu
Pukata
Pupusani
Phaq'u Q'awa
Qiwñani
Qiwñuta
Qutañani
Q'uli Q'ulini
Quri Qurini
Q'asiri
Wanq'uni
Wanuni
Waña Q'awa
Warawarani
Wayna Pawqarani
Wila Qullu
Wila Wilani
Wila Willk'i
Wiqu

Political division

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

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]

Sources

^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Tacna Province (Tacna Region)
^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007