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Available in 52 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-52" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">52 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7" title="إقليم أريكيبا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إقليم أريكيبا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamentu_d%27Arequipa" title="Departamentu d'Arequipa – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Departamentu d'Arequipa" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariqipa_jach%27a_suyu" title="Ariqipa jach'a suyu – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Ariqipa jach'a suyu" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa_Khu" title="Arequipa Khu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Arequipa Khu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B0_(%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%91%D0%BD)" title="Арэкіпа (рэгіён) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Арэкіпа (рэгіён)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B0_(%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82)" title="Арэкіпа (дэпартамэнт) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Арэкіпа (дэпартамэнт)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Арекипа (регион) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Арекипа (регион)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%B3_d%27Arequipa" title="Regió d'Arequipa – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Regió d'Arequipa" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa_(rehiyon)" title="Arequipa (rehiyon) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Arequipa (rehiyon)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa_(region)" title="Arequipa (region) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Arequipa (region)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa_(region)" title="Arequipa (region) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Arequipa (region)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_Arequipa" title="Region Arequipa – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Region Arequipa" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa_piirkond" title="Arequipa piirkond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Arequipa piirkond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamento_de_Arequipa" title="Departamento de Arequipa – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Departamento de Arequipa" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departemento_Arekipa" title="Departemento Arekipa – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Departemento Arekipa" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa_departamendua" title="Arequipa departamendua – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Arequipa departamendua" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%A7" title="منطقه ارکیپا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="منطقه ارکیپا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa_(d%C3%A9partement)" title="Arequipa (département) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Arequipa (département)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamento_de_Arequipa" title="Departamento de Arequipa – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Departamento de Arequipa" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%A0%88%ED%82%A4%ED%8C%8C%EC%A3%BC" title="아레키파주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아레키파주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_Arequipa" title="Region Arequipa – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Region Arequipa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regione_di_Arequipa" title="Regione di Arequipa – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Regione di Arequipa" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="არეკიპის რეგიონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="არეკიპის რეგიონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa_(departamento)" title="Arequipa (departamento) – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Arequipa (departamento)" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regio_Arequipensis" title="Regio Arequipensis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Regio Arequipensis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arekipos_departamentas" title="Arekipos departamentas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Arekipos departamentas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa_megye" title="Arequipa megye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Arequipa megye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Арекипа (регион) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Арекипа (регион)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA" title="അരെക്വിപ്പ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അരെക്വിപ്പ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7" title="اقليم اريكيبا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اقليم اريكيبا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilayah_Arequipa" title="Wilayah Arequipa – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wilayah Arequipa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa_(regio)" title="Arequipa (regio) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Arequipa (regio)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%91%E7%9C%8C" title="アレキパ県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アレキパ県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa_(region)" title="Arequipa (region) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Arequipa (region)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa-regionen" title="Arequipa-regionen – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Arequipa-regionen" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%A7" title="اریکویپا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="اریکویپا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_Arequipa" title="Region Arequipa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Region Arequipa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa_(regi%C3%A3o)" title="Arequipa (região) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Arequipa (região)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa_(regiune)" title="Arequipa (regiune) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Arequipa (regiune)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariqipa_suyu" title="Ariqipa suyu – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Ariqipa suyu" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Арекипа (регион) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Арекипа (регион)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa_Region" title="Arequipa Region – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Arequipa Region" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" 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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Arequipa</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><small>Departamento de Arequipa (<a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>)<br />Ariqipa suyu (<a href="/wiki/Southern_Quechua" title="Southern Quechua">Quechua</a>)</small></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Peru" title="Regions of Peru">Department</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ca%C3%B1on_del_Colca,_Arequipa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Colca Canyon in the Department of Arequipa"><img alt="The Colca Canyon in the Department of Arequipa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Ca%C3%B1on_del_Colca%2C_Arequipa.jpg/250px-Ca%C3%B1on_del_Colca%2C_Arequipa.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Ca%C3%B1on_del_Colca%2C_Arequipa.jpg/375px-Ca%C3%B1on_del_Colca%2C_Arequipa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Ca%C3%B1on_del_Colca%2C_Arequipa.jpg/500px-Ca%C3%B1on_del_Colca%2C_Arequipa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1463" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">The <a href="/wiki/Colca_Canyon" title="Colca Canyon">Colca Canyon</a> in the Department of Arequipa</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bandera_de_Arequipa.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Arequipa"><img alt="Flag of Arequipa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bandera_de_Arequipa.svg/100px-Bandera_de_Arequipa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bandera_de_Arequipa.svg/150px-Bandera_de_Arequipa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bandera_de_Arequipa.svg/200px-Bandera_de_Arequipa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Escudo_de_Armas_de_Arequipa.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Arequipa"><img alt="Official seal of Arequipa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Escudo_de_Armas_de_Arequipa.svg/76px-Escudo_de_Armas_de_Arequipa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="76" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Escudo_de_Armas_de_Arequipa.svg/114px-Escudo_de_Armas_de_Arequipa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Escudo_de_Armas_de_Arequipa.svg/153px-Escudo_de_Armas_de_Arequipa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="825" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peru_-_Arequipa_Department_(locator_map).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of the Department of Arequipa in Peru"><img alt="Location of the Department of Arequipa in Peru" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Peru_-_Arequipa_Department_%28locator_map%29.svg/250px-Peru_-_Arequipa_Department_%28locator_map%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Peru_-_Arequipa_Department_%28locator_map%29.svg/375px-Peru_-_Arequipa_Department_%28locator_map%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Peru_-_Arequipa_Department_%28locator_map%29.svg/500px-Peru_-_Arequipa_Department_%28locator_map%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="820" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of the Department of Arequipa in Peru</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Department_of_Arequipa&params=15.86_S_72.25_W_type:adm1st_region:PE"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">15°52′S</span> <span class="longitude">72°15′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">15.86°S 72.25°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-15.86; -72.25</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data">8 provinces and 109 districts</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arequipa" title="Arequipa">Arequipa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governor</th><td class="infobox-data">Elmer Cáceres<br /><small>(2019–2022)</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">63,345.39 km<sup>2</sup> (24,457.79 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">6,305 m (20,686 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2017)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,382,730</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">22/km<sup>2</sup> (57/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/UBIGEO" title="UBIGEO">UBIGEO</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">04</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Peru" title="Telephone numbers in Peru">Dialing code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">054</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">PE-ARE</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Principal resources</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wheat" title="Wheat">Wheat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Onion" title="Onion">onion</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Garlic" title="Garlic">garlic</a>, cooper seed <a href="/wiki/Fruits" class="mw-redirect" title="Fruits">fruits</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Milk" title="Milk">milk</a>.</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Poverty rate</th><td class="infobox-data">21.0% (INEI)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Percentage of Peru's <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5.64%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.regionarequipa.gob.pe">www.regionarequipa.gob.pe</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Arequipa</b> (<a href="/wiki/Quechua_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Quechua language">Quechua</a>: <i lang="qu">Ariqipa</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Peru" class="mw-redirect" title="Departments of Peru">department</a> and <a href="/wiki/Regional_Government_of_Arequipa" title="Regional Government of Arequipa">region</a> in southwestern <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Puno" title="Department of Puno">Puno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Cuzco" title="Department of Cuzco">Cuzco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Madre_de_Dios" title="Department of Madre de Dios">Madre de Dios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Ucayali" title="Department of Ucayali">Ucayali</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Loreto" title="Department of Loreto">Loreto</a>, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least densely populated department. It is bordered by the departments of <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Ica" title="Department of Ica">Ica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayacucho_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayacucho Region">Ayacucho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apur%C3%ADmac_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Apurímac Region">Apurímac</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cusco_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Cusco Region">Cusco</a> in the north, the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Puno" title="Department of Puno">Department of Puno</a> in the east, the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Moquegua" title="Department of Moquegua">Department of Moquegua</a> in the south, and the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> in the west. Its capital, also called <a href="/wiki/Arequipa" title="Arequipa">Arequipa</a>, is Peru's second-largest city. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Arequipa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Department_of_Arequipa" title="Special:EditPage/Department of Arequipa">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This department has a rough topography, which is characterised by heavy layers of <a href="/wiki/Volcano" title="Volcano">volcanic</a> <a href="/wiki/Lava" title="Lava">lava</a> covering large areas of its inter-<a href="/wiki/Andean" class="mw-redirect" title="Andean">Andean</a> sector. It has deep canyons such as the ones formed by the <a href="/wiki/Oco%C3%B1a_River" title="Ocoña River">Ocoña</a> and Majes rivers. <a href="/wiki/Plateaus" class="mw-redirect" title="Plateaus">Plateaus</a> range in height from medium, such as La Joya, and high-altitude ones such the Arrieros Pampa and those located in the zones of Chivay, Huambo and Pichucolla. Volcanic cones, such as <a href="/wiki/El_Misti" class="mw-redirect" title="El Misti">Misti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chachani" title="Chachani">Chachani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ampato" title="Ampato">Ampato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nevado_Mismi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nevado Mismi">Mismi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solimana_(volcano)" title="Solimana (volcano)">Solimana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coropuna" title="Coropuna">Coropuna</a>, emerge above the plateaus and attract snowfall. In contrast with these heights, there are deep <a href="/wiki/Canyon" title="Canyon">canyons</a>, including Majes, <a href="/wiki/Colca_Canyon" title="Colca Canyon">Colca</a>, Sihuas and Ocoña, where important aspects of the <a href="/wiki/Ecology" title="Ecology">ecological</a> evolution of this zone can be clearly observed. </p><p>Along the coast, small plateaus and <a href="/wiki/Dune" title="Dune">dunes</a> represent characteristics of the desert of Arequipa, such as the ones located in the Majes, Sihuas and La Joya plains. These are particularly beautiful and developed. </p><p>From a <a href="/wiki/Hydrography" title="Hydrography">hydrographic</a> point of view, the rivers draining its territory belong mainly to the Pacific watershed. Some rivers belong to the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_River" title="Amazon River">Amazon</a> hydrographic system. Some of the region's main rivers are: Ocoña, Yauca, Camaná and Quilca. The starting point of the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_River" title="Amazon River">Amazon River</a> is located in the Arequipa region.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Highest Mountains of Arequipa are: </p> <ol><li>Coropuna 6,425 mamsl, Ampato Range.</li> <li>Ampato 6,288 mamsl, Ampato Range.</li> <li>Solimana 6,093 mamsl, Ampato Range.</li> <li>Chachani 6,057 mamsl, Volcanic Range.</li> <li>Hualca Hualca 6,025 mamsl, Ampato Range.</li> <li>Sabancaya 5,976 mamsl, Ampato Range.</li> <li>Misti 5,822 mamsl, Volcanic Range.</li> <li>Nocarane 5,784 mamsl, Volcanic Range.</li> <li>Pichu Pichu 5,664 mamsl, Volcanic Range.</li> <li>Chila 5,654 mamsl, Chila Range.</li> <li>Casiri 5,647 mamsl, Chila Range.</li> <li>Mismi 5,597 mamsl, Chila Range.</li> <li>Minaspata 5,555 mamsl, Chila Range.</li> <li>Quehuisha 5,514 mamsl, Chila Range.</li> <li>Surihuiri 5,506 mamsl, Chila Range.</li> <li>Tacune 5,500 mamsl, Volcanic Range.</li> <li>Firura 5,498 mamsl, Ampato Range.</li> <li>Yuraccasa 5,465 mamsl, Chila Range.</li> <li>Jatunpila 5,450 mamsl, Chila Range.</li> <li>Jatun Huaychahui 5,445 mamsl, Huanzo Range</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_division">Political division</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Arequipa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Condor_flying_over_the_Colca_canyon_in_Peru.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Condor_flying_over_the_Colca_canyon_in_Peru.jpg/220px-Condor_flying_over_the_Colca_canyon_in_Peru.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Condor_flying_over_the_Colca_canyon_in_Peru.jpg/330px-Condor_flying_over_the_Colca_canyon_in_Peru.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Condor_flying_over_the_Colca_canyon_in_Peru.jpg/440px-Condor_flying_over_the_Colca_canyon_in_Peru.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>An Andean condor soars over the Colca Canyon.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LaPuntadeBombon05.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/LaPuntadeBombon05.JPG/220px-LaPuntadeBombon05.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/LaPuntadeBombon05.JPG/330px-LaPuntadeBombon05.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/LaPuntadeBombon05.JPG/440px-LaPuntadeBombon05.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1354" data-file-height="966" /></a><figcaption>Beaches of La Punta de Bombon</figcaption></figure> <p>The region is divided into eight <a href="/wiki/Province" title="Province">provinces</a> (<i>provincias</i>, singular: <i>provincia</i>), which are composed of 109 <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Peru" title="Districts of Peru">districts</a> (<i>distritos</i>, singular: <i>distrito</i>). The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Arequipa_Province" title="Arequipa Province">Arequipa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arequipa" title="Arequipa">Arequipa</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caman%C3%A1_Province" title="Camaná Province">Camaná</a> (<a href="/wiki/Caman%C3%A1" title="Camaná">Camaná</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caravel%C3%AD_Province" title="Caravelí Province">Caravelí</a> (<a href="/wiki/Caravel%C3%AD" title="Caravelí">Caravelí</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castilla_Province" title="Castilla Province">Castilla</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aplao" class="mw-redirect" title="Aplao">Aplao</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caylloma_Province" title="Caylloma Province">Caylloma</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chivay" title="Chivay">Chivay</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condesuyos_Province" title="Condesuyos Province">Condesuyos</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chuquibamba" title="Chuquibamba">Chuquibamba</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islay_Province" title="Islay Province">Islay</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mollendo" title="Mollendo">Mollendo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Uni%C3%B3n_Province,_Peru" title="La Unión Province, Peru">La Unión</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cotahuasi" title="Cotahuasi">Cotahuasi</a>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Arequipa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Arequipa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2007_Peru_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Peru Census">2007 Peru Census</a>, the first language learned by most of the residents was <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> (83.17%), followed by the native language of <a href="/wiki/Quechua_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Quechua language">Quechua</a> (14.78%). The Quechua variety spoken in Arequipa is <a href="/wiki/Cusco%E2%80%93Collao_Quechua" title="Cusco–Collao Quechua">Cusco–Collao Quechua</a>. </p><p>The following table shows the first languages by province in the Arequipa Region by province:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width:35%;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#EFEFEF"> <th><b>Province</b> </th> <th><b>Quechua</b> </th> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Aymara_language" title="Aymara language">Aymara</a></b> </th> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Ash%C3%A1ninka_language" title="Asháninka language">Asháninka</a></b> </th> <th><b>Another native language</b> </th> <th><b>Spanish</b> </th> <th><b>Foreign language</b> </th> <th><b>Deaf or mute</b> </th> <th><b>Total</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Arequipa </td> <td align="right">101,631 </td> <td align="right">13,464 </td> <td align="right">136 </td> <td align="right">1,054 </td> <td align="right">705,179 </td> <td align="right">1,151 </td> <td align="right">533 </td> <td align="right">823,148 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Camana </td> <td align="right">6,677 </td> <td align="right">1,292 </td> <td align="right">8 </td> <td align="right">10 </td> <td align="right">42,197 </td> <td align="right">5 </td> <td align="right">32 </td> <td align="right">50,221 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Caraveli </td> <td align="right">4,912 </td> <td align="right">362 </td> <td align="right">5 </td> <td align="right">4 </td> <td align="right">28,565 </td> <td align="right">32 </td> <td align="right">30 </td> <td align="right">33,910 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Castilla </td> <td align="right">6,700 </td> <td align="right">545 </td> <td align="right">6 </td> <td align="right">31 </td> <td align="right">28,840 </td> <td align="right">7 </td> <td align="right">49 </td> <td align="right">36,178 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Caylloma </td> <td align="right">23,281 </td> <td align="right">1,142 </td> <td align="right">10 </td> <td align="right">109 </td> <td align="right">44,656 </td> <td align="right">21 </td> <td align="right">51 </td> <td align="right">69,270 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Condesuyos </td> <td align="right">4,734 </td> <td align="right">79 </td> <td align="right">3 </td> <td align="right">8 </td> <td align="right">13,107 </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">18 </td> <td align="right">17,949 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Islay </td> <td align="right">5,280 </td> <td align="right">1,614 </td> <td align="right">9 </td> <td align="right">110 </td> <td align="right">42,427 </td> <td align="right">362 </td> <td align="right">46 </td> <td align="right">49,848 </td></tr> <tr> <td>La Unión </td> <td align="right">8,676 </td> <td align="right">40 </td> <td align="right">4 </td> <td align="right">31 </td> <td align="right">5,873 </td> <td align="right">11 </td> <td align="right">25 </td> <td align="right">14,660 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td align="right">161,891 </td> <td align="right">18,538 </td> <td align="right">181 </td> <td align="right">1,357 </td> <td align="right">910,844 </td> <td align="right">1,589 </td> <td align="right">784 </td> <td align="right">1,095,184 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>%</b> </td> <td align="right">14.78 </td> <td align="right">1.69 </td> <td align="right">0.02 </td> <td align="right">0.12 </td> <td align="right">83.17 </td> <td align="right">0.15 </td> <td align="right">0.07 </td> <td align="right">100.00 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnicity">Ethnicity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Arequipa&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ethnicity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 15915.284869129px; border-left-color:skyblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:skyblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:skyblue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 932.64236482217px; border-left-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:orange"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 399.88857067245px; border-left-color:red"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:red"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:red"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 205.75905061887px; border-left-color:green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:green"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 103.84280141848px; border-left-color:darkblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:darkblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:darkblue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:33.873792024529px 94.088076895423px 0 0; border-top-color:purple"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:purple"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Ethnicity in Arequipa (2017) </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:purple; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Mestizo" title="Mestizo">Mestizo</a> (55.5%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:darkblue; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Quechua_people" title="Quechua people">Quechua</a> (32.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/White_Peruvians" class="mw-redirect" title="White Peruvians">White Peruvians</a> (5%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:red; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Aymara_people" title="Aymara people">Aymara</a> (3.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Afro-Peruvian" class="mw-redirect" title="Afro-Peruvian">Afro-Peruvian</a> (2.2%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:skyblue; color:black;"> </span> Other (1.6%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>As of 2017, the largest ethnicity in the Arequipa region are the <a href="/wiki/Mestizo" title="Mestizo">Mestizo</a>, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Quechua_people" title="Quechua people">Quechua</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Ethnicity in Arequipa (2017)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Ethnicity </th> <th>Percentage </th> <th>Number </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mestizo" title="Mestizo">Mestizo</a> </td> <td>55.5% </td> <td>639,082 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Quechua_people" title="Quechua people">Quechua</a> </td> <td>32.3% </td> <td>372,378 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/White_Peruvians" class="mw-redirect" title="White Peruvians">White-Peruvian</a> </td> <td>5% </td> <td>57,972 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aymara_people" title="Aymara people">Aymara</a> </td> <td>3.3% </td> <td>38,318 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Black_Peruvians" title="Black Peruvians">Afro-Peruvian</a> </td> <td>2.2% </td> <td>25,744 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other </td> <td>1.7% </td> <td>18,495 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Arequipa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, over 80% of Arequipa's population was Catholic.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Religion in Arequipa (2017)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Religion </th> <th>Percentage </th> <th>Number </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a> </td> <td>83.3% </td> <td>983,652 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">Evangelical</a> </td> <td>6.3% </td> <td>74,582 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other </td> <td>6.1% </td> <td>72,330 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">Irreligious</a> </td> <td>4.3% </td> <td>50,278 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literacy">Literacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Arequipa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Literacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, 91.5% (1,274,358) of the population was literate and 8.5% (118,691) of the population was illiterate.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Points_of_interest">Points of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Arequipa&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Points of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>There are numerous points of interest in the Arequipa region. The three coastal provinces, Caraveli, Camana and Islay all have popular beaches. Various ports can also be found along the coastline, the two most important being <a href="/wiki/Mollendo" title="Mollendo">Mollendo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matarani" title="Matarani">Matarani</a>, both in the province of Islay. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Colca_Canyon" title="Colca Canyon">Colca Canyon</a>, twice as deep as the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Canyon" title="Grand Canyon">Grand Canyon</a> in the United States, is situated in the province of Caylloma. The <a href="/wiki/Cotahuasi_Canyon" title="Cotahuasi Canyon">Cotahuasi Canyon</a> is in the La Union Province. Colca Valley provides incredible close-up views of majestic <a href="/wiki/Andes" title="Andes">Andean</a> <a href="/wiki/Condor" title="Condor">condors</a> soaring in their natural <a href="/wiki/Habitat_(ecology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Habitat (ecology)">habitat</a>. Cotahuasi, at 3,535 metres (11,598 ft), is thought to be the deepest canyon in the world. Both canyons offer spectacular scenery and villages as yet unaffected by the modern world. </p><p>In the Castilla Province near Corire, <a href="/wiki/Toro_Muerto" title="Toro Muerto">Toro Muerto</a> (meaning "dead bull" in Spanish) is an area with more than 3,000 ancient <a href="/wiki/Petroglyph" title="Petroglyph">petroglyphs</a> dating to the ancient <a href="/wiki/Wari_culture" title="Wari culture">Wari culture</a> of 500–1000 CE, which dominated much of this region. Further to the north near Andaguas lies the Valley of Volcanoes. Almost 100 cones of various sizes dominate the lava-hardened landscape. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Arequipa&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_southern_Peru_earthquake" title="2001 southern Peru earthquake">2001 southern Peru earthquake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotahuasi_Subbasin_Landscape_Reserve" title="Cotahuasi Subbasin Landscape Reserve">Cotahuasi Subbasin Landscape Reserve</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Arequipa&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.explorebyyourself.com/en/peru/tourist_attractions/arequipa/">"Arequipa Peru, tours in Arequipa, How to get to Arequipa and what to do"</a>. <i>www.explorebyyourself.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Ayacucho" title="Department of Ayacucho">Ayacucho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Cajamarca" title="Department of Cajamarca">Cajamarca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Province_of_Callao" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional Province of Callao">Callao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Cuzco" title="Department of Cuzco">Cusco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Huancavelica" title="Department of Huancavelica">Huancavelica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Hu%C3%A1nuco" title="Department of Huánuco">Huánuco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Ica" title="Department of Ica">Ica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Jun%C3%ADn" title="Department of Junín">Junín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_La_Libertad" title="Department of La Libertad">La Libertad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Lambayeque" title="Department of Lambayeque">Lambayeque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Lima" title="Department of Lima">Lima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Loreto" title="Department of Loreto">Loreto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Madre_de_Dios" title="Department of Madre de Dios">Madre de Dios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Moquegua" title="Department of Moquegua">Moquegua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Pasco" title="Department of Pasco">Pasco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Piura" title="Department of Piura">Piura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Puno" title="Department of Puno">Puno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_San_Mart%C3%ADn" title="Department of San Martín">San Martín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Tacna" title="Department of Tacna">Tacna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Tumbes" title="Department of Tumbes">Tumbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Ucayali" title="Department of Ucayali">Ucayali</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Peru's <a href="/wiki/Lima_Province" title="Lima Province">Lima Province</a> is not part of any region.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205068#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div 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