Locumba

Locumba
Town
Satellite view of Locumba and surroundings
Locumba
Coordinates: 17°36′49.81″S70°45′45.05″W / 17.6138361°S 70.7625139°W / -17.6138361; -70.7625139
Country	Peru
Region	Tacna
Province	Jorge Basadre
District	Locumba
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Mayor	Julio Dávalos Flores
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)

Locumba is a town in southern Peru. It is the capital of the district of the same name and of Jorge Basadre province, located in the department of Tacna.

History

In 1880, it was the site of a battle against Chile during the War of the Pacific. On April 1, 1884, Miguel Iglesias created the department of Moquegua, incorporating Tacna's districts of Locumba and Ilabaya. Three years later, Andrés Avelino Cáceres declared the law null and void, with the districts returning to their original jurisdiction.

On January 10, 1890, a Supreme Resolution designated the town as the capital of the province and department of Free Tacna, a name that would apply to the non-occupied area north of Sama River for the remainder of the dispute. ^{[1] [2] [3]} At the time, the town had a population of 300 inhabitants. ^[4]

In 2000, it was the site of an unsuccessful military uprising.

Politics

The town, a district and provincial capital, is administered by a municipal government. The local government is served by a mayor.

List of mayors

Since 2023, the incumbent mayor is Julio Dávalos Flores  [ es ].

Mayor	Party	Term
		Begin	End
Jorge Eyzaguirre Martínez	APRA	1990	1992
		1993	1995
Julio Dávalos Flores  [ es ]	Lista Independiente № 13	1996	1998
	Frente Independiente Agrario	1999	2002
	—N/a	2003	2006
	APRA	2007	2010
José Málaga Cutipe  [ es ]	Lista Independiente Recuperemos Tacna	2011	2014
Manuel Raúl Oviedo Palacios	Partido Humanista Peruano	2015	2018
Félix Fredy Morales Mamani	Alianza para el Progreso	2019	2022
Julio Dávalos Flores  [ es ]	Avanza País	2023	Incumbent

Geography

Climate

Climate data for Locumba, elevation 560 m (1,840 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.5 (86.9)	30.9 (87.6)	30.4 (86.7)	28.4 (83.1)	26.1 (79.0)	23.5 (74.3)	23.0 (73.4)	24.0 (75.2)	25.6 (78.1)	27.2 (81.0)	28.3 (82.9)	29.6 (85.3)	27.3 (81.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	16.7 (62.1)	16.7 (62.1)	15.6 (60.1)	13.0 (55.4)	10.3 (50.5)	8.6 (47.5)	8.3 (46.9)	9.0 (48.2)	9.8 (49.6)	11.3 (52.3)	12.7 (54.9)	14.9 (58.8)	12.2 (54.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	0.6 (0.02)	0.4 (0.02)	0.2 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.1 (0.00)	0.1 (0.00)	0.2 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.1 (0.00)	2.3 (0.09)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [5]

See also

• Department of Tacna § History

References

1. Tizón y Bueno, Ricardo (1904). Texto de Geografía del Perú para colegios (in Spanish). Lima: Tipografía Nacional. pp. 20–21.
2. Plan Estratégico del Distrito de Locumba (PDF) (in Spanish). Locumba: Municipalidad de Locumba. 2013. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2022. Luego de los resultados de la guerra con Chile y producto de ello la ocupación de la ciudad de Tacna con las nuevas autoridades invasoras, se suscita el acontecimiento mediante el acuerdo de ambos países y mediante Resolución Suprema del 10 de Enero de 1890 se designa al pueblo de Locumba, como capital provisional tanto a nivel provincial como su reconocimiento en lo departamental, llamándosele desde entonces Tacna Libre. Este periodo duró 40 años aproximadamente, y durante el mismo fue recinto de las autoridades políticas, militares y judiciales hasta el 26 de Agosto de 1929, en que Tacna es reincorporada al Perú según plebiscito y aceptando el desmembramiento del Puerto de Arica, pasando este a poder de territorio chileno.
3. Vargas Hurtado, Gerardo (1929). Tacna, monografia historico-geografica (in Spanish). Imp. Minerva-Sagastigui. p. 52.
4. Dunn, William Edward (1925). Peru: a Commercial and Industrial Handbook. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 465–466.
5. "Normales Climaticás Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.