Mariscal Nieto province

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Mariscal Nieto
Province
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Plaza de Armas in the capital Moquegua
Bandera de Moquegua.svg
Flag
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Coat of arms
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Location of Mariscal Nieto in the Moquegua Region
Country Peru
Region Moquegua
FoundedApril 3, 1936
Capital Moquegua
Government
 • MayorAbraham Alejandro Cárdenas Romero
(2019-2022)
Area
 • Total
8,671.58 km2 (3,348.12 sq mi)
Elevation
1,410 m (4,630 ft)
Population
 • Total
85,349
 • Density9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)
UBIGEO 1801
Website http://www.munimoquegua.gob.pe
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Cathedral of Moquegua

The Mariscal Nieto Province (Spanish mariscal marshal) is the largest of three provinces that make up the Moquegua Region of Peru. [1] [2] The capital of the province is the city of Moquegua.

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Boundaries

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: [3]

Political division

The province is divided into six districts, which are:

DistrictCapitalMayor
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

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 (79.51%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.65% of the residents started speaking using the Aymara language and 4.45% using Quechua (2007 Peru Census). [4]

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Qina Mich'ini is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District. Qina Mich'ini lies southwest of the mountain named Wilaquta and southeast of Phaq'u Tanka, Arichuwa and Qhini Jamach'ini.

Phaq'u Q'awa is a 4,796-metre-high (15,735 ft) mountain in the Andes of southern Peru. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, and in the Tacna Region, Candarave Province, Candarave District. It lies west of a lake named Aqhuya Ch'alla and southeast of Wila Wilani.

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Chaka Apachita is a 5,136-metre-high (16,850 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District. It lies northwest of Qiwña Milluku and southeast of Qina Qinani.

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) INEI
  2. ↑ (in Spanish) IPAM
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Tacna Region)
  4. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

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