The province of Tacna is bounded to the northwest by Jorge Basadre Province, to the north by Tarata Province, to the east by Chile and Bolivia, to the south by Chile and to the southwest by the Pacific Ocean.

The Barroso mountain range traverses the province.

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[1] The province is divided into 11 districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde): The 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).

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