Candarave Province is the smallest of four

provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

in the

Tacna Region Tacna (; Aymara & Quechua: Taqna) is the southernmost department and region in Peru. The Chilean Army occupied the present-day Tacna Department during the War of the Pacific from 1885 to 1929 when it was reincorporated into Peruvian soil. Geogr ...

in southern

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. Its capital is

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Boundaries

*North:

Moquegua Region Moquegua () is a department and region in southern Peru that extends from the coast to the highlands. Its capital is the city of Moquegua, which is among the main Peruvian cities for its high rates of GDP and national education. Geography The ...

*East:

Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco ...

*South:

Tarata Province Tarata is one of four provinces in the Tacna Region in southern Peru. Its capital is Tarata city. Geography The Tarata Province is bounded to the north by the Candarave Province and the Puno Region, to the east by Bolivia, and to the south a ...

*West:

Jorge Basadre Province Jorge Basadre Province is one of four provinces in the Tacna Region in southern Peru. Its capital is Locumba. The province was created on April 21, 1988 (by law No. ''24799'') and is named after Jorge Basadre Grohmann, the country's most notable hi ...

Geography

Some of the highest peaks of the province are Tutupaka and

Yukamani Yucamane, Yucamani or Yucumane is an andesitic stratovolcano in the Tacna Region of southern Peru. It is part of the Peruvian segment of the Central Volcanic Zone, one of the three volcanic belts of the Andes generated by the subduction of the Na ...

, both are active volcanoes. Other mountains are listed below:

Political division

The province is divided into six

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( es, distritos, singular: ''distrito''), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''): *

* Cairani * Camilaca * Curibaya * Huanuara * Quilahuani

Ethnic groups

The province is inhabited by

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citizens of

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descent.

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, however, is the language which the majority of the population (78.17%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.94% of the residents started speaking using the

Aymara language Aymara (; also ) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers.The other native American languages with more than one million sp ...

(

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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

References

Provinces of the Tacna Region {{Tacna-geo-stub

Boundaries

Geography

Political division

Ethnic groups

See also

References