Moquegua District

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Moquegua District
Location of the district in the Mariscal Nieto province or in the Moquegua region
Location of the district in the Mariscal Nieto province or in the Moquegua region
Symbols
flag
flag
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Peru
region Moquegua
province Mariscal NietoTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Moquegua
surface 3949 km²
Residents 65,808 (2017)
density 17 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 PE MOQ
Website www.munimoquegua.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Alcalde Provincial Abraham Alejandro Cárdenas Romero
(2019-2022)
Political party Unión por el Perú
Santo Domingo Church in Moquegua
Santo Domingo Church in Moquegua

Coordinates: 17 ° 12 ′  S , 70 ° 56 ′  W

View over the city of Moquegua

The Moquegua district is located in the province of Mariscal Nieto of Moquegua region in southwestern Peru . The district has an area of ​​3949.04 km². At the 2017 census, 65,808 people lived in the district. In 1993 the population was 35,677, in 2007 it was 49,419. The seat of the district, provincial and regional administration is the 1410  m high city of Moquegua with 37,518 inhabitants (as of 2017). On the southwestern outskirts of Moquegua there is also the suburb of San Antonio with 24,414 inhabitants.

Geographical location

The district extends over the coastal highlands in the south of the Mariscal Nieto province. The Río Tambo flows west along the northwestern district boundary. The Río Moquegua flows through the district in a south-westerly direction. Irrigated agriculture is practiced along the course of the river. The population is concentrated in the Moquegua metropolitan area. Otherwise there is desert vegetation.

The Moquegua district is bordered to the southwest by the districts of El Algarrobal and Pacocha (both in the province of Ilo ), to the west by the districts of Punta de Bombón and Cocachacra (both in the province of Islay ), to the northwest by the districts of La Capilla and Puquina (both in the province of General Sánchez Cerro ), in the north to the districts of Torata and Samegua and in the east to the districts of Ilabaya and Locumba (both in the province of Jorge Basadre ).

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