Department of Arequipa

Arequipa Departamento de Arequipa (Spanish) Ariqipa suyu (Quechua)
Department
The Colca Canyon in the Department of Arequipa
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Location of the Department of Arequipa in Peru
Coordinates: 15°52′S 72°15′W / 15.86°S 72.25°W / -15.86; -72.25
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	21.0% (INEI)
Percentage of Peru's GDP	5.64%
Website	www.regionarequipa.gob.pe

Arequipa (Quechua: Ariqipa) is a department and region in southwestern Peru.^[1] 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.