Jorge Basadre | |
Settlement Type: | Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Tacna |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | April 21, 1988 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Locumba |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Julio Victor Davalos Flores (2007) |
Area Total Km2: | 2928.72 |
Elevation M: | 559 |
Population Total: | 8814 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 2303 |
Website: | www.munijorgebasadre.gob.pe |
Jorge Basadre Province is one of four provinces in the Tacna Region in southern Peru. Its capital is Locumba. The province was created on April 21, 1988 (by law No. 24799)[1] and is named after Jorge Basadre Grohmann, the country's most notable historian.[2]
The province is divided into three districts (Spanish; Castilian: distritos, singular: Spanish; Castilian: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde):
The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Spanish, however, is the language which the majority of the population (79.88%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.90% of the residents started speaking using the Aymara language and 4.01% using Quechua (2007 Peru Census).[3]