Tacna, officially known as San Pedro de Tacna, is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region. A very commercially active city, it is located only 35 km (22 mi) north of the border with Arica y Parinacota Region from Chile, inland from the Pacific Ocean and in the valley of the Caplina River. It is Peru's tenth most populous city.
Puno is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco and Arequipa on the west, Moquegua on the southwest, and Tacna on the south. Its capital is the city of Puno, which is located on Lake Titicaca in the geographical region known as the Altiplano or high sierra.
Tacna is the southernmost department and region in Peru. The Chilean Army occupied the present-day Tacna Department during the War of the Pacific from 1885 until 1929 when it was reincorporated into Peru.
Arequipa is a province in the Arequipa Region, Peru. Its capital, Arequipa, is Peru's second most populous province. It borders the provinces of Islay, Camaná, Caylloma, and the Cusco and Puno regions. According to INEI, in the year 2014 it had a population of 958,351 people.
Camaná is a province in the Arequipa Region, Peru. It borders the provinces of Caravelí, Condesuyos, Castilla, Caylloma, Arequipa and Islay.
San Román is a province in the Puno Region of Peru. It borders the provinces of Lampa, Azángaro, Puno, Huancane, the Arequipa Province of the Arequipa Region and Moquegua Region's province of General Sánchez Cerro. Its capital is the city of Juliaca.
Ilo is one of three provinces that make up the Moquegua Region in Peru. The province is the largest mining center in all of southern Peru.
Atalaya is the largest of four provinces in the Ucayali Region, in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru.
Candarave is the smallest of the four provinces in the Tacna Region in southern Peru. Its capital is Candarave.
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.
Tarata is one of four provinces in the Tacna Region in southern Peru. Its capital is Tarata city.
Locumba is a town in the Tacna Region in southern Peru. It is the capital of Jorge Basadre Province.
Lampa is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. Its population is about 40,856. The capital is Lampa.
General Sánchez Cerro is the smallest of three provinces in the Moquegua Region of Peru. The capital of the province is Omate. The province was named after the former Peruvian army officer and president Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro.
La Mar is a province in the north-east corner of the Ayacucho Region, Peru. It was created on March 30, 1861.
Mariscal Nieto is the largest of three provinces that make up the Moquegua Region of Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Moquegua.
The province of Cusco is located in the southern highlands of Peru and is the smallest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region. Its capital is Cusco, which is also the Historical Capital of Peru.
Jorge Alfredo Basadre Grohmann was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country. He served during two different administrations as Minister of Education and was also director of the Peruvian National Library.
Azángaro is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.
Sama District is one of eleven districts that make up Tacna Province, located in the department of Tacna, under the administration of the Regional Government of Tacna, in southern Peru. In 2017, it had a population of 3,106 inhabitants and a population density of 2.89 per km². It covers a total area of 1,116 km².
