Tacna travel guide

Tacna was in Chilean hands from 1880 to 1929, when its people voted by plebiscite to return to Peru. It is an important commercial centre and has a free-trade zone. There are good schools, housing estates, a stadium to seat 10,000 people, an airport, many military posts and a hospital. Chileans cross the border for cheap medical and dental treatment, to shop and to play the slot machines. Around the city the desert is gradually being irrigated. The local economy includes olive groves, vineyards and fishing. The waters of Laguna Aricota, 80km north, are now being tapped for further irrigation and hydroelectric power for industry.

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