Ticalaco River is a

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on the Pacific slope, located in southern

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

department of Tacna Tacna (; Aymara & Quechua: Taqna) is the southernmost department and region in Peru. The Chilean Army occupied the present-day Tacna Department during the War of the Pacific from 1885 to 1929 when it was reincorporated into Peruvian soil. Geogr ...

, it runs from east to west crossing the coastal desert of Peru until its mouth at the

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Tacna Province Tacna is the largest of four provinces in the Department of Tacna in southern Peru located on the border with Chile and Bolivia. Its capital is Tacna. Geography The Tacna Province is bounded to the north by the Jorge Basadre Province and the Ta ...

. Historically, from 1885 to 1925, the Ticalaco river was temporarily set as the

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between

and

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after the War of the Pacific, as Chile considered it part of the

and therefore as a boundary set in the Treaty of Ancón. A border checkpoint of the same name was built on the river by Chile. Within the disputed area was the Tarata Department, which was ultimately returned to Peru.

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{{coord missing, Peru Rivers of Tacna Region Chile–Peru border

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