Arequipa Region

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The Arequipa Region is a southern Peruvian administrative area dominated by volcanic highlands and deep canyons, including parts of the Andes where some headwaters of the Amazon River originate.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Arequipa Region canonical 48
Arequipa Province 3
Arequipa Department 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
region of Peru
borders Apurímac Region
Ayacucho Region
Cusco Region
Ica Region
Moquegua Region
Pacific Ocean
Puno Region
capital Arequipa
contains Arequipa
surface form: Arequipa city

Chachani volcano
Colca Canyon
Cotahuasi Canyon
Misti volcano
Pichu Pichu volcano
Salinas y Aguada Blanca National Reserve
Colca Canyon
surface form: Valle del Colca
containsHeadwatersOf Amazon River
country Peru
economySector agriculture
mining
tourism
hasClimate arid
highland climate
semi-arid
hasGeography Altiplano plateau
surface form: Andean plateau

coastal desert
deep canyons
volcanic highlands
hasIndigenousLanguage Aymara
Quechua
hasMajorRiver Colca River
Ocoña River
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish
hasPort Matarani
hasVolcanicOrigin yes
knownFor canyons
colonial architecture in Arequipa city
volcanoes
largestCity Arequipa
locatedIn Andes
Southern Peru
surface form: southern Peru
locatedOn Pacific coast of South America
partOf Peru
surface form: Republic of Peru

Southern Peru
surface form: Southern Macroregion of Peru
timeZone Peru Time
utcOffset UTC−05:00

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

El Misti isCulturalSymbolOf Arequipa Region
Chumbivilcas Province borderingRegion Arequipa Region
San Román Province borderedBy Arequipa Region