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Key facts
- Country
- Peru
- Established
- June 25, 1875
- Capital
- Tacna
- Provinces
- List Candarave Jorge Basadre Tacna Tarata
- Type
- Regional Government
- Governor
- Juan Tonconi Quispe
- Total
- 16,075.89 km (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)
- Density
- 20.4861/km (53.0587/sq mi)
- Demonym
- tacneño/a
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of Peru
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Peru
- Contains
- Tarata
- Capital
- Tacna
- Population
- 406531
- Area
- 16075.89
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Shares border with
- La Paz Department
- Image
- Tutupaca2.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Tacna ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtaɣna]; Aymara and Quechua: Taqna) is a department of Peru. It is the southernmost department of the country, bordering Chile and Bolivia. It is administered by a regional government. Its capital city is Tacna.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tacna Department” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.