| Arequipa | |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Peru |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Arequipa |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1540 |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Arequipa |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Omar Julio Candia Aguilar (2019-2022) |
| Area Total Km2: | 9682.02 |
| Population Total: | 1'080,635[1] (Census 2017) |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 0401 |
Arequipa is a province in the Arequipa Region, Peru. Its capital, Arequipa, is Peru's second most populous province of Peru. It borders the provinces of Islay, Camaná, Caylloma, and the Cusco and Puno regions. According to INEI in the year 2014 it has a population of 958.351 people.[2]
Some of the highest peaks of the province are Chachani, the Misti volcano and Pikchu Pikchu. Other mountains are listed below:[3]
The province is divided into twenty-nine districts (Spanish; Castilian: distritos, singular: distrito).
The 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]