Department of Arequipa
Arequipa
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Poverty rate | 21.0% (INEI) |
Percentage of Peru's GDP | 5.64% |
Website | www.regionarequipa.gob.pe |
Arequipa (
Geography
This department has a rough topography, which is characterised by heavy layers of
Along the coast, small plateaus and dunes represent characteristics of the desert of Arequipa, such as the ones located in the Majes, Sihuas and La Joya plains. These are particularly beautiful and developed.
From a hydrographic point of view, the rivers draining its territory belong mainly to the Pacific watershed. Some rivers belong to the Amazon hydrographic system. Some of the region's main rivers are: Ocoña, Yauca, Camaná and Quilca. The starting point of the Amazon River is located in the Arequipa region [citation needed].
The Highest Mountains of Arequipa are:
- Coropuna 6,425 mamsl, Ampato Range.
- Ampato 6,288 mamsl, Ampato Range.
- Solimana 6,093 mamsl, Ampato Range.
- Chachani 6,057 mamsl, Volcanic Range.
- Hualca Hualca 6,025 mamsl, Ampato Range.
- Sabancaya 5,976 mamsl, Ampato Range.
- Misti 5,822 mamsl, Volcanic Range.
- Nocarane 5,784 mamsl, Volcanic Range.
- Pichu Pichu 5,664 mamsl, Volcanic Range.
- Chila 5,654 mamsl, Chila Range.
- Casiri 5,647 mamsl, Chila Range.
- Mismi 5,597 mamsl, Chila Range.
- Minaspata 5,555 mamsl, Chila Range.
- Quehuisha 5,514 mamsl, Chila Range.
- Surihuiri 5,506 mamsl, Chila Range.
- Tacune 5,500 mamsl, Volcanic Range.
- Firura 5,498 mamsl, Ampato Range.
- Yuraccasa 5,465 mamsl, Chila Range.
- Jatunpila 5,450 mamsl, Chila Range.
- Jatun Huaychahui 5,445 mamsl, Huanzo Range
Political division
The region is divided into eight provinces (provincias, singular: provincia), which are composed of 109 districts (distritos, singular: distrito). The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are:
- Arequipa (Arequipa)
- Camaná (Camaná)
- Caravelí (Caravelí)
- Aplao)
- Caylloma (Chivay)
- Condesuyos (Chuquibamba)
- Islay (Mollendo)
- La Unión (Cotahuasi)
Demographics
Languages
According to the
The following table shows the first languages by province in the Arequipa Region by province:[2]
Province | Quechua | Aymara | Asháninka | Another native language | Spanish | Foreign language | Deaf or mute | Total |
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Arequipa | 101,631 | 13,464 | 136 | 1,054 | 705,179 | 1,151 | 533 | 823,148 |
Camana | 6,677 | 1,292 | 8 | 10 | 42,197 | 5 | 32 | 50,221 |
Caraveli | 4,912 | 362 | 5 | 4 | 28,565 | 32 | 30 | 33,910 |
Castilla | 6,700 | 545 | 6 | 31 | 28,840 | 7 | 49 | 36,178 |
Caylloma | 23,281 | 1,142 | 10 | 109 | 44,656 | 21 | 51 | 69,270 |
Condesuyos | 4,734 | 79 | 3 | 8 | 13,107 | - | 18 | 17,949 |
Islay | 5,280 | 1,614 | 9 | 110 | 42,427 | 362 | 46 | 49,848 |
La Unión | 8,676 | 40 | 4 | 31 | 5,873 | 11 | 25 | 14,660 |
Total | 161,891 | 18,538 | 181 | 1,357 | 910,844 | 1,589 | 784 | 1,095,184 |
% | 14.78 | 1.69 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 83.17 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 100.00 |
Ethnicity
As of 2017, the largest ethnicity in the Arequipa region are the Mestizo, followed by the Quechua. [3]
Ethnicity | Percentage | Number |
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Mestizo | 55.5% | 639,082 |
Quechua | 32.3% | 372,378 |
White-Peruvian
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5% | 57,972 |
Aymara | 3.3% | 38,318 |
Afro-Peruvian | 2.2% | 25,744 |
Other | 1.7% | 18,495 |
Religion
In 2017, over 80% of Arequipa's population was Catholic. [3]
Religion | Percentage | Number |
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Catholicism
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83.3% | 983,652 |
Evangelical | 6.3% | 74,582 |
Other | 6.1% | 72,330 |
Irreligious | 4.3% | 50,278 |
Literacy
In 2017, 91.5% (1,274,358) of the population was literate and 8.5% (118,691) of the population was illiterate. [3]
Points of interest
There are numerous points of interest in the Arequipa region. The three coastal provinces, Caraveli, Camana and Islay all have popular beaches. Various ports can also be found along the coastline, the two most important being Mollendo and Matarani, both in the province of Islay.
The
In the Castilla Province near Corire, Toro Muerto (meaning "dead bull" in Spanish) is an area with more than 3,000 ancient petroglyphs dating to the ancient Wari culture of 500–1000 CE, which dominated much of this region. Further to the north near Andaguas lies the Valley of Volcanoes. Almost 100 cones of various sizes dominate the lava-hardened landscape.
See also
Sources
- ^ "Arequipa Peru, tours in Arequipa, How to get to Arequipa and what to do". www.explorebyyourself.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
- ^ a b c d e "Arequipa (Region, Peru) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2021-05-29.