Caravelí Province

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

Caravelí
Location of Caravelí in the Arequipa Region
CountryPeru
RegionArequipa
CapitalCaravelí
Government
  MayorDiego Arturo Montesinos Neyra
(2019-2022)
Area
  Total13,139.86 km2 (5,073.33 sq mi)
Population
  Total41,346
  Density3.1/km2 (8.1/sq mi)
UBIGEO0403
Websitewww.municaraveli.gob.pe
Aerial view of Caravelí Province

Political divisions

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 Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007


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