Islay | |
Settlement Type: | Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Arequipa |
Established Title: | Founded |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Mollendo |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Edgar Augusto Rivera Cervera (2019-2022) |
Area Total Km2: | 3886.49 |
Population Total: | 52034 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 0407 |
Website: | Official Website |
Islay Province is the smallest of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru.
The province is divided into six districts which are:
The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Spanish, however, is the language which the majority of the population (85.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.59% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language and 3.24% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).[1]