Castilla Province is one of eight

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

Arequipa Region Arequipa ( ay, Ariqipa; qu, Ariqipa) is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least ...

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. It was named after

Ramón Castilla Ramón Castilla y Marquesado (; 31 August 1797 – 30 May 1867) was a Peruvian ''caudillo'' who served as President of Peru three times as well as the Interim President of Peru (Revolution Self-proclaimed President) in 1863. His earliest pr ...

Geography

The Chila mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest mountains of the province is

Coropuna Coropuna is a dormant compound volcano located in the Andes mountains of southeast-central Peru. The upper reaches of Coropuna consist of several perennially snowbound conical summits, lending it the name Nevado Coropuna in Spanish. The compl ...

at above sea level. Other mountains are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Caylloma Province 1 and 2 (Arequipa Region)

Machuqucha Machucocha (possibly from Quechua ''machu'' old, old person, ''qucha'' lake) is a lake in Peru located in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province Castilla Province is one of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru. It was named after Ramó ...

is one of the largest lakes of the province.

Political division

The province is divided into fourteen

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which are, with its capital in parenthesis: * Andagua (Andagua) *

Aplao Aplao District is one of fourteen districts of the Castilla Province in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. See also * Antamayu Andamayo River (possibly from Que ...

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) *

Ayo The interjection Ayo! is a common variation of the word Yo!. Ayo, Ayọ, Ayọ̀ and AYO may also refer to: People Ayọ is a common Yoruba given name, it can be given to a female and a male. ''Ayọ'' in Yoruba means ''Joy''. * Ayo Akinola, A ...

(

) * Chachas ( Chachas) * Chilcaymarca ( Chilcaymarca) * Choco ( Choco) * Huancarqui ( Huancarqui) * Machaguay ( Machaguay) * Orcopampa ( Orcopampa) * Pampacolca ( Pampacolca) * Tipán ( Tipán) * Uñón ( Uñón) * Uraca ( Corire) * Viraco ( Viraco)

Ethnic groups

The province is inhabited by

indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention *Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band *Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...

citizens of

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

and

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

descent, as well as

European European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe ...

descendants of

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

settlers.

, is the language which the majority of the population (79.72%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.52% of the residents started speaking using the

language and 1.51% using

(

2007 Peru Census The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...

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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

Sources

External links

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Official municipal website
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