Islay province

Not to be confused with Islay.

Islay is the smallest of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru.

Islay
Province
Coat of arms
Location of Islay in the Arequipa Region
Country	Peru
Region	Arequipa
Capital	Mollendo
Government
• Mayor	Edgar Augusto Rivera Cervera (2019-2022)
Area
• Total	3,886.49 km2 (1,500.58 sq mi)
Population
• Total	52,034
• Density	13/km2 (35/sq mi)
UBIGEO	0407
Website	Official Website

Political division

The province is divided into six districts which are:

• Cocachacra (Cocachacra)
• Dean Valdivia (La Curva)
• Islay (Islay)
• Mejía (Mejía)
• Mollendo (Mollendo)
• Punta de Bombon (Punta de Bombon)

Ethnic groups

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]