La Unión is a province of the
Arequipa Region in Peru. Its seat is
Cotahuasi
Cotahuasi is a town in Southern Peru
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Geography
The
Huanzo mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest peaks of the province is
Solimana at . Other mountains are listed below:
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Political division
The province is divided into eleven
districts which are
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Alca
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Charcana
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Cotahuasi
Cotahuasi is a town in Southern Peru
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(Province Seat)
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Huaynacotas
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Pampamarca
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Puyca
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Quechualla
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Sayla
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Tauria
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Tomepampa
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Toro
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly
indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
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citizens of
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
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descent.
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
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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
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
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language (
2007 Peru Census).
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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
See also
* Cotahuasi Subbasin Landscape Reserve
* Ikmaqucha
* Mawk'allaqta
* Wansuqucha
Sources
External links
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El Portal de Cotahuasi
Spanish
Cotahuasiweb
English
Provinces of the Arequipa Region
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