Arequipa is a province in the Arequipa Region, Peru. Its capital, Arequipa, is Peru's second most populous province of Peru. It borders the provinces of Islay, Camaná, Caylloma, and the Cusco and Puno regions. According to INEI in the year 2014 it has a population of 958.351 people.

Some of the highest peaks of the province are Chachani, the Misti volcano and Pikchu Pikchu. Other mountains are listed below:

The province is divided into twenty-nine districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito).

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

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).

• Añaswayq'u
• Arequipa metropolitan area
• Chinaqucha
• History of Peru
• Spanish conquest of Peru
• Urququcha

• Arequipa Region Archived 2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine

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