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Arequipa province

Province in Arequipa, Peru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Arequipa is a province in the Arequipa Region, Peru. Its capital, Arequipa, is Peru's second most populous province.[clarification needed] It borders the provinces of Islay, Camaná, Caylloma, and the Cusco and Puno regions. According to INEI, in the year 2014 it had a population of 958,351 people.[2]

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Arequipa
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Chachani as seen from Carmen Alto, province of Arequipa
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Location of Arequipa in the Arequipa Region
CountryPeru
RegionArequipa
Founded1540
CapitalArequipa
Government
 • MayorOmar Julio Candia Aguilar
(2019-2022)
Area
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9,682.02 km2 (3,738.25 sq mi)
Population
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1,080,635[1] (Census 2,017)
UBIGEO0401
Websitewww.muniarequipa.gob.pe
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Woman with drop spindle in Salinas y Aguada Blanca National Reserve.

Geography

Some of the highest peaks of the province are Chachani, the Misti volcano and Pikchu Pikchu. Other mountains are listed below:[3]

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).[4]

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