page_title: Department of Arequipa
section_title: Political division
hierarchical_section_title: Department of Arequipa / Political division
caption_attribution_description: Español: Leucophaeus pipixcan, Playas de la Punta de Bombon, Peru
context_page_description: Arequipa is a department in southwestern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of Ica, Ayacucho, Apurímac and Cusco in the north, the Department of Puno in the east, the Department of Moquegua in the south, and the Pacific Ocean in the west. Its capital, also called Arequipa, is Peru's second-largest city.
context_section_description: The region is divided into eight provinces (provincias, singular: provincia), which are composed of 109 districts (distritos, singular: distrito). The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are:
  Arequipa (Arequipa)
  Camaná (Camaná)
  Caravelí (Caravelí)
  Castilla (Aplao)
  Caylloma (Chivay)
  Condesuyos (Chuquibamba)
  Islay (Mollendo)
  La Unión (Cotahuasi)
caption: Beaches of La Punta de Bombon
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