Moquegua (city)
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Coordinates: 17 ° 12 ′ S , 70 ° 56 ′ W Moquegua on the map of Peru
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| Country | Peru | |
| region | Moquegua | |
| province | Mariscal Nieto | |
| Residents | 37,518 (2017) | |
| - in the metropolitan area | 69,882 | |
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| height | 1410 m | |
| Waters | Río Moquegua , Río Tumilaca | |
| Time zone | UTC -5 | |
| City Presidency | Edmundo Eliseo Coayla Olivera | |
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Moquegua is the capital of the Moquegua region of Peru . It is located in the district of the same name in the Mariscal Nieto province . The city is located in the southeast of Peru 1144 kilometers south of the state capital Lima at an altitude of 1410 meters above sea level. In the urban area of Moquegua, 37,518 inhabitants lived in the 2017 census. 69,882 inhabitants lived in the conurbation.
The city of Moquegua has been the second bishopric of the diocese of Tacna y Moquegua since 1992 , the main church of the city is therefore the co- cathedral .
Infrastructure
There are several schools in the city and the UJCM University - San Antonio campus, as well as the 25 de Noviembre stadium and the Cesar Torke Podesta regional airport .
sons and daughters of the town
Moquegua was the birthplace of a number of famous people, including
- Alejandro Núñez Allauca (* 1943), composer
- Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera (1845–1909), writer and journalist
- José Carlos Mariátegui (1894–1930), journalist, author, philosopher and politician
- Vicente Zeballos (* 1963), politician
Picture gallery
Plaza de armas
Catedral de la Ciudad
Iglesia Belen
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peru: Moquegua Region - Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
- ↑ Perú: Perfil Sociodemográfico (PDF, 27.4 MB) Instituo Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI). August 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ↑ UJCM - Campus San Antonio ( Memento of the original of July 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 16, 2011.
- ^ Airport Cesar Torke Podesta , accessed on July 16, 2011.
