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Arequipa province
 Arequipa is a province in the Arequipa Region, Peru. Its capital, Arequipa, is Peru's second most populous province.[clarification needed] It borders the provinces of Islay, Camaná, Caylloma, and the Cusco and Puno regions. According to INEI, in the year 2014 it had a population of 958,351 people.[2] GeographySome of the highest peaks of the province are Chachani, the Misti volcano and Pikchu Pikchu. Other mountains are listed below:[3]
Political divisionThe province is divided into twenty-nine districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito). Ethnic groupsThe province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Spanish, however, is the language which the majority of the population (85.67%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.64% of the residents started speaking using the Aymara language and 12.35% using Quechua (2007 Peru Census).[4] See alsoSources
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