El Pedregal (Peru)

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El Pedregal
El Pedregal (Peru)
El Pedregal
El Pedregal
Coordinates 16 ° 22 ′  S , 72 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 22 ′  S , 72 ° 11 ′  W
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Basic data
Country Peru

region

Arequipa
province Caylloma
District Majes
height 1410 m
Residents 44,264 (2017)
Website munimajes.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
mayor Renée Dionicio Cáceres Falla
(2019-2022)
Plaza de Armas in El Pedregal
Plaza de Armas in El Pedregal

El Pedregal is a city in the Caylloma Province in the Arequipa region of southwest Peru . El Pedregal is the seat of the Majes district . The city had 44,264 inhabitants at the 2017 census. 10 years earlier the population was 20,063.

Geographical location

The city of El Pedregal, 1410 m above sea level, is located 70 km west of the city of Arequipa in the arid coastal plain of southwest Peru. The national road 1S ( Panamericana ) from Camaná to Arequipa leads past the city. In the vicinity there is partly irrigated agriculture, otherwise there is desert vegetation.

Individual evidence

  1. a b PERU: Arequipa Region - Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

Web links

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