Mariscal Nieto Province

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Mariscal Nieto
Location of Mariscal Nieto in the Moquegua region
Plaza de Armas in the capital Moquegua
Country	Peru
Region	Moquegua
Founded	April 3, 1936
Capital	Moquegua
Area
Area Elevation (capital)	8,671.58 km2 1,410 metres (4,626 ft)
Population (as of the 2005 Census)
Population  - Total  - Density	70,460 8.1/km²
Mayor	Edmundo Eliseo Coayla Olivera (2007)
Subdivisions	6 districts
UBIGEO	1801
Official website
http://www.munimoquegua.gob.pe

The Mariscal Nieto Province is the largest of three provinces that make up the Moquegua Region of Peru.^[1][2]

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Political division 3 Capital 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Boundaries

• North: General Sánchez Cerro Province
• East: Tacna Region
• South: Ilo Province
• West: Arequipa Region

[edit] Political division

The province is divided into six districts, which are:

District	Capital	Mayor
Moquegua	Moquegua	Edmundo Eliseo Coayla Olivera
Carumas	Carumas	Luis Victor Salas Casilla
Cuchumbaya	Cuchumbaya	Guido Maquera Cuayla
Samegua	Samegua	Renso Milthon Florencio Quiroz Vargas
San Cristóbal	Calacoa	Rogelio Leonardo Vizcarra Taco
Torata	Torata	Higinio Zoilo Cabana Diaz

[edit] Capital

The capital of the province is the city of Moquegua.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official web site of the Municipalidad Provincial Mariscal Nieto

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