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2 unusual facts about Tacna Province


War of the Pacific

Chile acquired the Peruvian territory of Tarapacá, the disputed Bolivian department of Litoral (cutting Bolivia off from the sea), as well as temporary control over the Peruvian provinces of Tacna and Arica.

Tacna (Sama River) occupied by Chile in 1884, return to Peru in 1929.


Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Another significant achievement of Ibáñez's first administration was the signing of the 1929 Treaty of Lima, in which Chile agreed to return the Tacna Province to Peru, which had been seized during the War of the Pacific.


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