Arequipa is a province in the Arequipa Region, Peru. It is the most populous province of the region, and its capital, Arequipa, is Peru's second-largest city. It borders the provinces of Islay, Camaná, Caylloma, and the Cusco and Puno regions. In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Arequipa is a city in southern Peru and the nations second-largest city. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Subdivision is the process of subdividing something, usually land, into smaller pieces. ... Province is a name for a secondary, or subnational entity of government in most countries. ... Arequipa is one of the 24 departments in Peru. ... The Republic of Peru (Spanish: Perú; Quechua, Aymara: Piruw) is a country in western South America, bordering Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Brazil to the east, Bolivia to the east, south-east and south, Chile to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ... Arequipa is a city in southern Peru and the nations second-largest city. ... Cusco is a department in Peru. ... Puno is a department in Peru. ...
Political division
The province is divided into twenty-nine districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito). Districts are a form of local government in several countries. ...
Although Arequipa was far from Lima and isolated between desert and mountains when the country was young, it was on the route linking the silver mines of Bolivia to the coast.
Arequipa is the capital of the Province, Department and Region of the same name.
The Mejia Lagoons National Sanctuary is located on the coast of Arequipa, near the mouth of the Tambo river, 20 km (12.4 miles) south of the port of Mollendo and 150 krn (93 miles) from the city.
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