Moquegua (city)

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Moquegua
Coordinates: 17 ° 12 ′  S , 70 ° 56 ′  W
Map: Peru
marker
Moquegua
Moquegua on the map of Peru
Basic data
Country Peru
region Moquegua
province Mariscal Nieto
Residents 37,518  (2017)
- in the metropolitan area 69,882
City insignia
Flag of Moquegua.svg
Escudo de Moquegua.svg
Detailed data
height 1410  m
Waters Río Moquegua , Río Tumilaca
Time zone UTC -5
City Presidency Edmundo Eliseo Coayla Olivera
Website www.munimoquegua.gob.pe
View of Moquegua
View of Moquegua

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

Picture gallery

Web links

Commons : Moquegua  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Peru: Moquegua Region - Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  2. Perú: Perfil Sociodemográfico (PDF, 27.4 MB) Instituo Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI). August 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  3. 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ujcm.edu.pe
  4. ^ Airport Cesar Torke Podesta , accessed on July 16, 2011.