Tacna, Peru

Peru

Tacna, Peru connects to 1269 other places across 20 topics through 98 Bunkabop connections, with government, history, and military topics dominating. Its ties to Chile run especially deep: the city was captured by Chilean forces in May 1880 during the War of the Pacific, and a 1929 settlement returned the Tacna rail line to Peru while the port of Arica remained in Chilean hands. A Chilean army regiment bore the city's name and figures in a 1939 political revolt in Santiago.

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