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Tarata
Province
Valley of the Estique River, Tarata Province
Valley of the Estique River, Tarata Province
Location of Tarata in the Tacna Region
Location of Tarata in the Tacna Region
CountryPeru
RegionTacna
CapitalTarata
Government
 • MayorJosé Luis Ticona Sanjinez (2007)
Area
 • Total2,819.96 km2 (1,088.79 sq mi)
Population
 • Total6,630
 • Density2.4/km2 (6.1/sq mi)
UBIGEO2304

Tarata is one of four provinces in the Tacna Region in southern Peru. Its capital is Tarata city.

Geography

The Tarata Province is bounded to the north by the Candarave Province and the Puno Region, to the east by Bolivia, and to the south and west by the Tacna Province.

The Barroso mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[1]

Political division

The province is divided into eight districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde):

Ethnic groups

The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Spanish, however, is the language which the majority of the population (82.31%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.12% of the residents started speaking using the Aymara language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

Sources

  1. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Tarata Province (Tacna Region)
  2. ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

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