Founded 1992 Region Puno Region | UBIGEO 2105 Area 5,601 km² | |
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El Collao Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru, created in 1992. The capital of the province is the city of Ilave.
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Map of El Collao Province, Peru
Political division
The province measures 5,600.51 square kilometres (2,162.37 sq mi) and is divided into five districts:
Geography
Some of the highest peaks of the province are Panti Usu and Suri. Other mountains are listed below:
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (76.51%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.57% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.65% using Quechua (2007 Peru Census).
References
El Collao Province Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA