Arequipa province
Arequipa is a province in the Arequipa Region, Peru. Its capital, Arequipa, is Peru's second most populous city. It borders the provinces of Islay, Camaná, and Caylloma. According to INEI, in the year 2017 it had a population of 1,080,635 people.
Geography
Some of the highest peaks of the province are Chachani, the Misti volcano and Pichu Pichu. Other mountains are listed below:Political division
The province is divided into twenty-nine districts.- Alto Selva Alegre
- Arequipa
- Cayma
- Cerro Colorado
- Characato
- Chiguata
- Jacobo Hunter
- José Luis Bustamante
- La Joya
- Mariano Melgar
- Miraflores
- Mollebaya
- Paucarpata
- Pocsi
- Polobaya
- Quequeña
- Sabandía
- Sachaca
- San Juan de Siguas
- San Juan de Tarucani
- Santa Isabel de Siguas
- Santa Rita de Siguas
- Socobaya
- Tiabaya
- Uchumayo
- Vitor
- Yanahuara
- Yarabamba
- Yura
Ethnic groups
The province is mainly inhabited by Mestizos of Spanish and Indigenous American ancestry. Spanish, is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 12.35% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language and 1.64% using the Aymara language.INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007