The Ilo Province is one of three

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that make up the

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 ...

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. The province is the largest

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center in all of the southern Peru area.IPAM
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Geography

The province borders the Mariscal Nieto Province to the north, the

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 ...

to the east and southeast, the

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to the south and west, and the

Islay Province 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 ( Mej� ...

to the northwest. It extends north–south through the region's

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al area, forming a

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Demographics

Population

According to the 1993 Census, the Ilo Province has a population of 51,481 inhabitants, 52.4% of which (26,964) are male and 47.6% (24,517) are female. As of 2005, the

Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informatics") is a semi-autonomous Peruvian government agency which coordinates, compiles, and evaluates statistical information for the country ...

estimates the province's population to be 68,363.

Languages

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 ...

is spoken at home by 82% of the population; while others speak

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 ...

(10.6%),

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 ...

(6.1%), other

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 ...

languages (0.1%) and foreign languages (0.3%).

Immigration

Persons originating from other regions of the country make up 51.6% of the population and 0.3% of residents were born abroad. The largest immigrant groups come from the

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 ...

(17.4% of the total population) and 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 ...

(15.3%).

Age

The population is spread out, with *42.4% under the age of 20, *10.9% from 20 to 24, *31.2% from 25 to 44, *12.9% from 45 to 64, and *2.6% who are 65 years of age or older.

Political division

The Ilo Province is divided into three

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s ( es, distritos, singular: ), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are: *

El Algarrobal El Algarrobal is a village in the Moquegua Region in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = ...

(

) *

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(

) * Pacocha ( Pueblo Nuevo)

References

External links

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