Jorge Basadre Province
| Jorge Basadre Province | |
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 Location of the province in the Tacna region |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Tacna |
| Seat | Locumba |
| surface | 2929 km² |
| Residents | 10,773 (2017) |
| density | 3.7 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | April 19, 1988 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-TAC |
| Website | www.munijorgebasadre.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde Provincial | Félix Fredy Morales Mamani (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 17 ° 37 ′ S , 70 ° 46 ′ W
The Jorge Basadre Province is one of four provinces in the Tacna region in the extreme south of Peru . The province was founded in 1988 and has an area of 2929 km². In the 2017 census, the population was 10,773. In 1993 it was 12,175, in 2007 it was 9872. The administrative center is the small town of Locumba . In the province is the Toquepala Mine , where copper and other metals are mined in open-cast mining. The province was named after Jorge Basadre Grohmann (1930–1980), a Peruvian historian.
Geographical location
The province is located in the west of the Tacna region. It extends over an approximately 30 km wide stretch of coast on the Pacific coast . The longitudinal extension in NNE-SSW direction is 85 km. In the north-northeast, the province extends to the foothills of the Peruvian Western Cordillera . The desert-like, arid area is traversed by the Río Locumba .
The province of Jorge Basadre borders the Moquegua region to the west, the Candarave province to the north and the Tacna province to the east .
Administrative division
The Jorge Basadre Province consists of the following three districts. The Locumba district is the seat of the provincial administration.
| District | Administrative headquarters |
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| Ilabaya | Ilabaya |
| Ite | Ite |
| Locumba | Locumba |
Web links
- Peru: Region Tacna (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de
- INEI Perú