Department of Arequipa
Arequipa
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The Colca Canyon in the Department of Arequipa | |
Location of the Department of Arequipa in Peru | |
| Coordinates: 15°52′S 72°15′W / 15.86°S 72.25°W | |
| Country | Peru |
| Subdivisions | 8 provinces and 109 districts |
| Capital | Arequipa |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Elmer Cáceres (2019–2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 63,345.39 km2 (24,457.79 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 6,305 m (20,686 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 1,382,730 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
| UBIGEO | 04 |
| Dialing code | 054 |
| ISO 3166 code | PE-ARE |
| Principal resources | Wheat, cotton, rice, onion, garlic, cooper seed fruits, milk. |
| Poverty rate | 13.9% (INEI) |
| Percentage of Peru's GDP | 5.64% |
| Website | www.regionarequipa.gob.pe |
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Arequipa (Quechua: 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 densely populated department. It is bordered by the departments of Ica, Ayacucho, Apurímac and Cusco in the north, the Department of Puno in the east, the Department of Moquegua in the south, and the Pacific Ocean in the west. Its capital, also called Arequipa, is Peru's second-largest city.