The New International Encyclopædia/Tacna (capital)

TACNA. The capital of the Province of Tacna, Chile, in the northwestern part of the province, about 40 miles by rail from Arica (Map: Bolivia, C 7). It was formerly a place of considerable commercial importance with notable municipal and industrial establishments, but the construction of railway lines in the Province of Antofagasta diverted the trade southward. Population, in 1895, 9418, as against 14,000 in 1885. In the vicinity a battle took place on May 26, 1880, between the Chilean and the allied Peruvian and Bolivian forces, in which the former were victorious.