The Tacna Department was a territorial division of Chile that existed between 1884 and 1929. It was ceded by the Treaty of Ancón in 1883 and placed under military administration, and then created on the 31st of October 1884, as one of the three departments of the Tacna Province , incorporating as well a disputed claim over Tarata, and was returned to Peru at midnight on the 28th of August 1929, under the terms agreed upon in the Treaty of Lima of the same year.
8-457: Alameda Bolognesi , formerly known as Alameda Baquedano during the city's Chilean administration , is the main avenue of the city of Tacna , Peru . It was built over the streambed of Caplina River , which still runs under its path. It was built by Manuel de Mendiburu when he was prefect of Tacna in 1840, subsequently modernised by the local government. Formerly the Caplina River ran in
16-797: The Sama River to the north, the Arica Department to the south, the Andes mountain range to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. In 1885 Chile integrated Tarata into the province, becoming in 1911 the Tarata Department , as the Chilean government argued the town was to the east of the Sama river. Peru, however, did not recognize this annexation on the grounds that the territory was completely unaffected by
24-606: The Treaty of Ancón . Around this time, raids by Peruvian smugglers as well as soldiers took place in the region, and there were also claims of military escalation, including claims of Peruvian troops mobilizing near the Chilean border, which were denied by the Peruvian government. In 1921, however, Chile abolished the department, and in 1925 gave back the city to Peru under the mediation of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge , who enforced
32-410: The Chilean period of Tacna, the mall was called Baquedano Avenue, after General Manuel Baquedano . In the last years of the 1960s, a large part of the avenue was paved, it was modernized, keeping the first blocks almost as they were originally (Plaza Colón). It is currently one of the arterial roads of the city of Tacna, where transportation, commerce and tourism is constant and connects directly with
40-709: The administration of the department, with its headquarters located in Tacna , where the Departmental Government, and the Provincial Intendancy were located. With the Decree of Creation of Municipalities of December 22, 1891, the following municipalities were created with their headquarters and whose territories are the sub-delegations detailed below: On September 1, 1925, the Tarata sub-delegation returned to Peru. In 1927
48-439: The limits agreed upon on the north, which did not include the city. Coolidge showed himself to be in favor of the Peruvian claims on several occasions during the duration of the dispute, more so than other heads of state. Around the same time, a commission, headed by U.S. General John J. Pershing arrived to assist with the planned Tacna-Arica plebiscite, which eventually would never take place. The Municipality of Tacna oversaw
56-513: The open, on both sides of the river there were acacias and willows ; There were also bridges of solid construction, statues that represented the four seasons, stone benches and arbors with a vaulted base with a circular platform and lateral stands. During the Chilean administration in 1880 during the War of the Pacific , those marble statues disappeared, as well as the willows and palm trees were planted. In
64-517: The roads to Chile and Bolivia . The population density is high due to the great movement generated by shopping centers, hotels, restaurants, tourism agencies, markets, etc. And because it is central to different and nearby tourist spots in Tacna. It is a regular venue for public events such as the Book Fair, exhibitions, craft fairs and festivals. Tacna Department (Chile) Its limits were defined as
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