Mariscal Nieto province

North: province of General Sánchez Cerro
East: Tacna Region
South: province of Ilo
West: Arequipa Region

[image:Catmoquegua.JPG|thumb|160px|right|Cathedral of Moquegua]
Mariscal Nieto is the largest of three provinces that make up the Moquegua Region of Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Moquegua.

Boundaries

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:

The province is divided into six districts, which are:

District	Capital	Mayor
Moquegua	Moquegua	Abraham Alejandro Cárdenas Romero
Carumas	Carumas	Luis Victor Salas Casilla
Cuchumbaya	Cuchumbaya	Guido Maquera Cuayla
Samegua	Samegua	Renso Milthon Florencio Quiroz Vargas
San Cristóbal	Calacoa	Rogelio Leonardo Vizcarra Taco
Torata	Torata	Higinio Zoilo Cabana Diaz

The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Spanish, however, is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 15.65% of the residents started speaking using the Aymara language and 4.45% using Quechua.