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Revision as of 01:03, 27 January 2014
Template:Infobox Province Peru Arequipa is a province in the Arequipa Region, Peru. Its capital, Arequipa, is Peru's second-largest city. It borders the provinces of Islay, Camaná, Caylloma, and the Cusco and Puno regions.
Political division
The province is divided into twenty-nine districts (Template:Lang-es, 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).[1]
See also
Sources
- ^ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
External links
Arequipa Province travel guide from Wikivoyage- Arequipa Region
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16°23′56″S 71°32′13″W / 16.398822°S 71.536883°W
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