General_Sánchez_Cerro_Province

General Sánchez Cerro Province

General Sánchez Cerro Province

Province in Moquegua, Peru

The General Sánchez Cerro Province is the smallest of three provinces in the Moquegua Region of Peru.[1][2] The capital of the province is Omate. The province was named after the former Peruvian army officer and president Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro.

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Boundaries

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the province is the Ubinas volcano. Other mountains are listed below:[3]

Political division

The province is divided into eleven 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 (60.36%) learnt to speak in childhood, 37.45% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language and 1.98% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    (in Spanish) INEI
  2. [2]
    (in Spanish) IPAM
  3. [3]
    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the provinces of General Sánchez Cerro Province (Tacna Region), Mariscal Nieto Province (Tacna Region) and Puno Province 1 (Puno Region)
  4. [4]
    inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

16°40′27″S 70°58′13″W
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