Tacna, officially San Pedro de Tacna, is a city in southern Peru and the capital of the Tacna department, in the Caplina River valley about 35 kilometers north of the border with Chile. It is one of Peru's main commercial centers and its tenth most populous city, known for a strong patriotic identity reflected in numerous monuments commemorating Peru's independence and the War of the Pacific.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Tacna (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1875-06-25T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 286,240 (2017)
View the Source2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation for Tacna
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation at the infobox coordinates of the city
"elevation": 491.0
SRTM 90 m elevation, band by the lane rule of 10 m or less sea-level, to 500 m lowland, to 1500 m highland
"elevation": 491.0
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -18.25, -70.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -18.25, -70.25
-18.25 -70.25 BWh
4. GeoNames: Tacna - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3928128, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3928128, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-18.01465 -70.25362 P PPLA PE 23 2301 230101 286240 567 America/Lima
Tacna (Wikipedia)
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