Islay Province
# Islay Province

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

## Political division

The province is divided into six districts which are:

* Cocachacra (Cocachacra)
* Dean Valdivia (La Curva)
* Islay (Islay)
* Mejía (Mejía)
* Mollendo (Mollendo)
* Punta de Bombon (Punta de Bombon)

## 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).

## Sources

* ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
