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El Collao
Province
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Location of El Collao in the Puno Region
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Founded	1992
Capital	Ilave
Area
• Total	5,600.51 km (2,162.37 sq mi)
Population
• Total	76,749
• Density	14/km (35/sq mi)
UBIGEO	2105

El Collao Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru, created in 1992. The capital of the province is the city of Ilave.

Political division

The province measures 5,600.51 square kilometres (2,162.37 sq mi) and is divided into five districts:

Geography

Some of the highest peaks of the province are Panti Usu and Suri. Other mountains are listed below:

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (76.51%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.57% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.65% using Quechua (2007 Peru Census).

See also

• Lurisquta
• Qillqatani
• Q'axilu

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved December 29, 2007
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno Region)
3. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

16°05′07″S 69°38′13″W / 16.085278°S 69.637041°W / -16.085278; -69.637041

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