Mariscal Nieto Province

Mariscal Nieto
Province
Plaza de Armas in the capital Moquegua
Location of Mariscal Nieto in the Moquegua Region
Country	Peru
Region	Moquegua
Founded	April 3, 1936
Capital	Moquegua
Government
• Mayor	Edmundo Eliseo Coayla Olivera (2007)
Area
• Total	8,671.58 km^2 (3,348.12 sq mi)
Elevation	1,410 m (4,630 ft)
Population
• Total	70,460
• Density	8.1/km^2 (21/sq mi)
UBIGEO	1801
Website	http://www.munimoquegua.gob.pe

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.

Boundaries

• North: General Sánchez Cerro Province
• East: Tacna Region
• South: Ilo Province
• West: Arequipa Region

Geography

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

• Achuqallani
• Apachita Limani
• Arichuwa (Moquegua)
• Arichuwa (Moquegua-Tacna)
• Chaka Apachita
• Chinchillani
• Chiñi Lakha
• Chuqi Ananta
• Churi Laq'a
• Ch'alluma
• Ch'iyar Jaqhi
• Ch'ankhani
• Iru Uma
• Iruma
• Jach'a K'uchu
• Jach'a Q'awa
• Jach'a Sirka
• Janq'u Llaqa
• Jat'ita Patxa
• Kuntur Ikiña
• Kuntur Nasa
• Kunturini
• Khunu Qullu
• K'ank'awini
• Llallawani
• Mawruma
• Millu
• Misa Qalani
• Paxsi Awki
• Pinkilluni
• Puma Sulu
• Pumani
• Phaq'u Q'awa
• Phaq'u Tanka
• Qala Patxa
• Qina Mich'ini
• Qina Qinani
• Q'iwiri
• Qiwña Milluku
• Qupa Phuju
• Qurini
• Qutani
• Qhini Jamach'ini
• Sirka Sirka
• Suri Wayku
• Taypi Patxa
• Titini
• Tixani
• Tutupaka
• Uma Jalsu
• Wañuma
• Warintapani
• Wawa Chaki
• Wayllani
• Waytiri
• Wilaquta
• Wila Wilani
• Willkani
• Wisk'acha
• Yaritani
• Yunkani

Political division

The province is divided into six districts, which are:

District	Capital	Mayor
Moquegua	Moquegua	Edmundo Eliseo Coayla Olivera
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]

References

1. (Spanish) INEI
2. (Spanish) IPAM
3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Tacna Region)
4. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

External links

• Official web site of the Municipalidad Provincial Mariscal Nieto

Coordinates: 17°12′S 70°56′W / 17.200°S 70.933°W