Department of Tacna
Tacna
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Tutupaca Volcano in the Andes | |
Location of the Tacna Region in Peru | |
| Coordinates: 17°36′S 70°12′W / 17.6°S 70.2°W | |
| Country | Peru |
| Subdivisions | 4 provinces and 26 districts |
| Capital | Tacna |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Juan Tonconi Quispe (2019–2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 16,075.89 km2 (6,206.94 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Capital) | 562 m (1,844 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 3,415 m (11,204 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 274,496 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| UBIGEO | 23 |
| Dialing code | 052 |
| ISO 3166 code | PE-TAC |
| Principal resources | Grapevine, cotton, copper. |
| Poverty rate | 32.8% |
| Percentage of Peru's GDP | 1.7% |
| Website | www.regiontacna.gob.pe |
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Tacna (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtaɣna]; Aymara and Quechua: Taqna) 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.