Litoral Department (1837–1857)
| Department of the Litoral Departamento del Litoral | |||||||||
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| Department of South Peru and Peru | |||||||||
| 1837–1857 | |||||||||
Litoral within South Peru (1837–1839) | |||||||||
| Capital | Tacna | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| Prefect | |||||||||
• 1837–? | Manuel Mendiburu | ||||||||
| Historical era | Confederation | ||||||||
• Established | 25 April 1837 | ||||||||
| 25 August 1839 | |||||||||
• Disestablished | 2 January 1857 | ||||||||
| Contained within | |||||||||
| • Constituent country | South Peru | ||||||||
| Subdivisions | |||||||||
| • Type | Provinces | ||||||||
| • Units | Tacna & Tarapacá | ||||||||
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The Department of the Litoral (Spanish: Departamento del Litoral), also known as the Department of Tacna (Spanish: Departamento de Tacna), was a department originally part of South Peru, a constituent country of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation, which existed from 1836 to 1839. Created alongside the confederate state, its capital was Tacna, the capital city of the confederation. After the state's dissolution, it continued to exist as part of Peru until the creation of the Department of Moquegua in 1857.