Caravelí Province

Caravelí
Province

Location of Caravelí in the Arequipa Region
Country Peru
Region Arequipa
Capital Caravelí
Government
  Mayor Camilo Jose Carcamo Mattos (2007)
Area
  Total 13,139.86 km2 (5,073.33 sq mi)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 31,477
  Density 2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi)
UBIGEO 0403
Website www.municaraveli.gob.pe

Caravelí Province is one of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru.

Political Division

The province is divided into thirteen 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 (84.24%) learnt to speak in childhood, 14.49% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language and 1.07 % using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).[1]

See also

Sources

  1. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007


External links

Coordinates: 15°46′22″S 73°21′57″W / 15.772764°S 73.365775°W / -15.772764; -73.365775

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