Islay Province

Islay Province is the smallest of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru.

Islay
Coat of arms
Location of Islay in the Arequipa Region
CountryPeru
RegionArequipa
CapitalMollendo
Government
  MayorEdgar Augusto Rivera Cervera
(2019-2022)
Area
  Total3,886.49 km2 (1,500.58 sq mi)
Population
  Total52,034
  Density13/km2 (35/sq mi)
UBIGEO0407
WebsiteOfficial Website

Political division

The province is divided into six districts which are:

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 (85.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.59% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language and 3.24% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).[1]

Sources

  1. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.