Islay | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Islay in the Arequipa Region | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Arequipa |
| Capital | Mollendo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Edgar Augusto Rivera Cervera (2019-2022) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,886.49 km2 (1,500.58 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 52,034 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (35/sq mi) |
| UBIGEO | 0407 |
| Website | Official Website |
Islay Province is the smallest of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru.
The province is divided into six districts which are:
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]
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Coordinates: 17°01′11″S72°00′58″W / 17.019836°S 72.016052°W
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Arequipa is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least densely populated department. It is bordered by the departments of Ica, Ayacucho, Apurímac and Cusco in the north, the Department of Puno in the east, the Department of Moquegua in the south, and the Pacific Ocean in the west. Its capital, also called Arequipa, is Peru's second-largest city.
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