Caylloma Province is the largest of eight
provinces in the
Arequipa Region
Arequipa ( ay, Ariqipa; qu, Ariqipa) is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least ...
of
Peru.
Geography
The
Chila mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest mountains of the province is
Mismi
Mismi is a mountain peak of volcanic origin in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru. A glacial stream on the Mismi was firmly identified as the most distant source of the Amazon River in 1996; this finding was confirmed in 2001 and again ...
. Other mountains are listed below:
Political division
The province is divided into twenty
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
which are:
Points of interest
The
Colca Canyon lies in the
Huambo and
Callalli districts.
See also
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Ccotalaca
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Ccotaña
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Muyurqa Lake
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Paraxra
Paraccra (possibly from Aymara for a piece of land which is neither flat nor mountainous) is an archaeological site in the Andes of Peru on a mountain of the same name. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Sibayo District,es ...
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Pukara, Coporaque
Pukara (Aymara and Quechua for fortress) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Coporaque District. The ruins consisting of buildings, stone tombs ''(chullpa)'', deposits ''(qullqa)'' and w ...
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Samaquta
Lake Samaccota ((also known as Laguna Samaccota) possibly from Aymara ''sama'' color, ''quta'' lake) is a lake in Peru located in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Tisco District, northeast of the mountain named Palca''.''escale.minedu.gob.p ...
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Uskallaqta
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Uyu Uyu
Uyu Uyu (Aymara, ''uyu'' pen, yard, cemetery, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of yards", Hispanicized spelling ''Uyo Uyo'') is an archaeological site in Peru. It lies in the Arequipa Region, ...
References
Provinces of the Arequipa Region
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