Region of Ica

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Region of Ica
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Basic data
Country Peru
Capital Ica
surface 21,305 km²
Residents 787,200 (2015)
density 37 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 PE-ICA
Website www.regionica.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Gobernador regional Javier Gallegos Barrientos (2019-2022)
Provinces in the Ica region
Provinces in the Ica region

Coordinates: 14 ° 4 ′  S , 75 ° 52 ′  W

The region of Ica [ ˈika ] (Spanish Región Ica , Quechua Ika suyu ) is an administrative region in southwestern Peru . 787,200 people (2015) live in an area of ​​21,305 km². The capital is Ica , which is also the capital of the province of the same name. The region as well as the capital were named after the river Río Ica .

Provinces

The Ica region is divided into five provinces and 43 districts.

province Capital
Chincha Chincha Alta
Pisco Pisco
Ica Ica
Palpa Palpa
Nasca Nasca

geography

Costa at Ica

There are many desert areas in the region on the coast of the Pacific . There are some islands off the coast, including Chincha , San Gallán, Ballestas, Independencia and Santa Rosa.

climate

In Ica there is a desert-rich, subtropical dry climate with an average temperature of 22 ° C. Unlike the central coast (as of Ancash and Lima ), the climate in Ica is very sunny and dry during the winter months. Not to be forgotten are the nights, which can get very cold with 7–8 ° C in Ica. Summer in Ica is hotter and drier than the rest of the Peruvian Central Coast and can reach temperatures of 36 ° C.

Attractions

Pisco

Pisco is the main port city in Ica. It was home to the Paracas culture , a pre-Columbian culture. In front of the city is the Paracas Bay , and the Paracas Museum is also worth seeing.

Paracas

The Paracas National Reserve is home to a large amount of sea lions , blue-footed boobies , pelicans , penguins and other marine mammals and seabirds.

Nazca

The Nazca are another pre-Columbian civilized people, they left impressive geometric patterns and lines of immense size in the desert sands of the Pampa Colorada of the Nazca province, which are now known as the Nazca Lines .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informatica: Census Peru 2007
  2. ↑ Peru: Regions & Agglomerations - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved May 14, 2018 .

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