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La Unión province, Peru

Province in Arequipa, Peru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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La Unión is a province of the Arequipa Region in Peru. Its seat is Cotahuasi.

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Geography

The Huanzo mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest peaks of the province is Solimana at 6,093 metres (19,990 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[1]

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Political division

The province is divided into eleven districts which are

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua 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 language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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