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Tacna province
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. GeographyThe province of Tacna is bounded to the north by the provinces of Jorge Basadre and Tarata, to the east by Chile and Bolivia, to the south by Chile and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. The Barroso mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[1]
Political divisionThe province is divided into 11 districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde):
Ethnic groupsThe province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Spanish, however, is the language which the majority of the population (80.88%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.34% of the residents started speaking using the Aymara language and 2.55% using Quechua (2007 Peru Census).[2] See alsoSources
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18°00′53″S 70°14′56″W / 18.01466°S 70.24887°W
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