Mariscal Nieto | |
Settlement Type: | Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Moquegua |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | April 3, 1936 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Moquegua |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Abraham Alejandro Cárdenas Romero (2019-2022) |
Area Total Km2: | 8671.58 |
Elevation M: | 1410 |
Population Total: | 85349 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 1801 |
Website: | http://www.munimoquegua.gob.pe |
thumb|160px|right|Cathedral of MoqueguaThe Mariscal Nieto Province (Spanish mariscal marshal) is the largest of three provinces that make up the Moquegua Region of Peru.[1] [2] The capital of the province is the city of Moquegua.
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[3]
The province is divided into six districts, which are:
District | Capital | Mayor | |
---|---|---|---|
Moquegua | Moquegua | Abraham Alejandro Cárdenas Romero | |
Carumas | Carumas | Luis Victor Salas Casilla | |
Cuchumbaya | Cuchumbaya | Guido Maquera Cuayla | |
Samegua | Samegua | Renso Milthon Florencio Quiroz Vargas | |
San Cristóbal | Calacoa | Rogelio Leonardo Vizcarra Taco | |
Torata | Torata | Higinio Zoilo Cabana Diaz |
The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Spanish, however, is the language which the majority of the population (79.51%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.65% of the residents started speaking using the Aymara language and 4.45% using Quechua (2007 Peru Census).[4]