Arequipa Province

Arequipa is a province in the Arequipa Region, Peru. Its capital, Arequipa, is Peru's second most populous province of Peru. It borders the provinces of Islay, Camaná, Caylloma, and the Cusco and Puno regions. According to INEI in the year 2014 it has a population of 958.351 people.

Geography

Some of the highest peaks of the province are Chachani, the Misti volcano and Pikchu Pikchu. Other mountains are listed below:

Political division

The province is divided into twenty-nine districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito).

Ethnic groups

The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Spanish, however, is the language which the majority of the population (85.67%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.64% of the residents started speaking using the Aymara language and 12.35% using Quechua (2007 Peru Census).

See also

• Añaswayq'u
• Arequipa metropolitan area
• Chinaqucha
• History of Peru
• Spanish conquest of Peru
• Urququcha

Sources

External links

• Arequipa Region Archived 2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine

1. Arequipa
2. Department of Arequipa
3. Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa
4. San Román Province
5. Camaná Province
6. Arequipa metropolitan area
7. Apurímac River
8. La Joya
9. Arequipa (disambiguation)
10. Camaná
11. Lake Salinas
12. Intendancy of Arequipa
13. Salinas
14. Arequipa District
15. Chinaqucha (Arequipa)
16. Chiguata District
17. Qillqata (Arequipa-Moquegua)
18. Urququcha (Arequipa)
19. Huambo, Arequipa
20. Kunturi