Litoral_Department_(1837–1857)
Litoral Department (1837–1857)
Department of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation
The Department of the Litoral (Spanish: Departamento del Litoral), also known as the Department of Tacna (Spanish: Departamento de Tacna),[1] was a department originally part of South Peru, a constituent country of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation, which existed from 1836 to 1839. Created alongside the confederate state, its capital was Tacna, the capital city of the confederation.[2] After the state's dissolution, it continued to exist as part of Peru until the creation of the Department of Moquegua in 1857.