Province of Tacna
The province of Tacna is one of the 4 that make up the department of Tacna, under the administration of the regional government of Tacna, in southern Peru. It is bordered to the north by the province of Jorge Basadre, to the east by the province of Tarata, to the south by the region of Arica and Parinacota in Chile and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. From the hierarchical point of view of the Catholic Church is part of the Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua which, in turn, belongs to the Archdiocese of Arequipa.