Islay province

Islay
Islay
Province
	Coat of arms
	Location of Islay in the Arequipa Region
Country	Peru
Region	Arequipa
Capital	Mollendo
Government
• Mayor	Edgar Augusto Rivera Cervera ; (2019-2022)
Area
• Total	3,886.49 km2 (1,500.58 sq mi)
Population
• Total	52,034
• Density	13.388/km2 (34.676/sq mi)
UBIGEO	0407
Website	Official Website

Islay is the smallest of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru.

Political division

The province is divided into six districts which are:

Ethnic groups

The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Spanish, however, is the language which the majority of the population (85.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.59% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language and 3.24% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).^[1]