Tacna

Tacna, a southern province of Peru taken possession of by Chili for ten years in 1883 (see PERU, p. 82), but it was not till 1898 that the restoration was finally agreed to on payment of an indemnity by Peru. Area, 8685 sq. m.; pop. (1895) 29,523. Sheep and alpacas are reared, and copper, gold, and silver mined. The capital, Tacna, 38 miles by rail N. of Arica (q.v.), has a pop. of (1895) 9418.