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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.
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.
Candarave Province is the smallest of four provinces in the Tacna Region in southern Peru. Its capital is Candarave.
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 and is named after Jorge Basadre Grohmann, the country's most notable historian.
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.
The Mariscal Nieto Province 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 Jorge Basadre Grohmann National University is a public university located in the city of Tacna, Peru. It was founded by Decree Law No. 1894 on August 26, 1971; academic activities started on May 13, 1972. The university is named after Jorge Basadre, a renowned Peruvian historian born in Tacna. Currently, the university is known by the acronym UNJBG and prepares students for 30 careers.
Coronel Gregorio Albarracín Lanchipa District is one of ten districts of the province Tacna in Peru.
The National Railway Museum of Peru is located in Tacna, Peru.
The San Francisco de Miculla petroglyphs, commonly known as the Miculla petroglyphs, are petroglyphs located 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Tacna, Peru. They are carved in low relief in the rocks, and depict people fighting, dancing and hunting animals. They are believed by many to be around 1500 years old, although various people date them from as wide a time period as 500 AD to 1445 AD.
Tacna Cathedral is a church located next to the Paseo Cívico de Tacna at San Martín Avenue, in the center of the city of Tacna, Peru.
Tacna Ornamental Fountain, is a fountain located in Paseo Civico, the center of the city of Tacna, Peru.
Zela House, also called Zela House City Theater, is a museum located at San Martín Avenue, in the historic centre of Tacna, Peru. Francisco Antonio de Zela, an important forerunner to Peruvian independence, once lived there. Today, it is the Salon Museo Arqueologico where ceramic and textile pieces, works of wood and metal, and pre-Hispanic fishing and basket weaving tools are displayed.
Municipal Theatre of Tacna is a teatre located in the center of Tacna, Peru.
Tacna Locomotive park, is a park, located at the Alameda Bolognesi, in the center of the city of Tacna, Peru.
Tacna Historical Museum is a museum located in the center of the city of Tacna, Peru.
The district of La Yarada Los Palos is one of the 11 districts that constitute the province of Tacna in the Tacna Region, in the south of Peru.
The Chilean–Peruvian territorial dispute is a territorial dispute between Chile and Peru that started in the aftermath of the War of the Pacific and ended significantly in 1929 with the signing of the Treaty of Lima and in 2014 with a ruling by the International Court of Justice. The dispute applies since 2014 to a 37,610 km2 territory in the Chile–Peru border, as a result of the maritime dispute between both states.
Intiorko Hill is located at Ciudad Nueva District in Tacna Department, located in southern Peru. At 780 metres above sea level, the stone used for the construction of the Tacna Cathedral, the Parabolic Arch and the Tacna Prefecture comes from the hill.
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