La Unión Province, Peru

La Unión
La Unión
Province
	Solimana volcano, La Unión Province
	Location of La Unión in the Arequipa Region
Country	Peru
Region	Arequipa
Capital	Cotahuasi
Area
• Total	4,746.4 km2 (1,832.6 sq mi)
Elevation	2,388 m (7,835 ft)
Population
• Total	15,662
• Density	3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi)
UBIGEO	0408
Website	www.municotahuasi.gob.pe

La Unión is a province of the Arequipa Region in Peru. Its seat is Cotahuasi.

Geography

The Huanzo mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest peaks of the province is Solimana at 6,093 metres (19,990 ft). Other mountains are listed below:^[1]

Political division

The province is divided into eleven districts which are

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (59.18%) learnt to speak in childhood, 40.06% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

Sources

^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chumbivilcas Province (Cusco Region)
^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

External links

15°03′34″S 72°41′28″W / 15.059567°S 72.691083°W / -15.059567; -72.691083

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[escale-1] scale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chumbivilcas Province (Cusco Region)

[2] .gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

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