Islay Province

Province in Arequipa, Peru

Coat of arms

Location of Islay in the Arequipa Region

CountryPeruRegionArequipaCapitalMollendoGovernment

• MayorEdgar Augusto Rivera Cervera
(2019-2022)Area

• Total3,886.49 km² (1,500.58 sq mi)Population

• Total52,034 • Density13/km² (35/sq mi)UBIGEO0407WebsiteOfficial Website

Islay Province is the smallest of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru.

Political division

The province is divided into six districts which are:

Cocachacra (Cocachacra)
Dean Valdivia (La Curva)
Islay (Islay)
Mejía (Mejía)
Mollendo (Mollendo)
Punta de Bombon (Punta de Bombon)

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 (85.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.59% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language and 3.24% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).^[1]