Arequipa
Arequipa is a district of the Arequipa Province in Peru. The downtown area of the city of Arequipa is located in this district. The current mayor of the district is Omar Julio Candia Aguilar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 55,400 residents
- Description: district in Arequipa, Peru
- Also known as: “Arequipa District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi and Santa Catalina Monastery.
Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi
Stadium
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Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi is a multi-purpose stadium located in Arequipa, Peru. The stadium was built by the University of San Agustín in the early 1990s and named after the Virgin Chapi.
Santa Catalina Monastery
Museum
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The Monastery of Santa Catalina de Siena is a large monastery of the Dominican Second Order, located in Arequipa, Peru. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa".
Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa
Church
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The Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa it's located in the Main Square "Plaza de Armas" of the city of Arequipa, province of Arequipa, Peru. It is the most important Catholic church of the city and also of the larger Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa since it is the base of the archbishop and the metropolitan council.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arequipa.
Arequipa
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Arequipa is a city in the Southern Coastal region of Peru just below the edge of the Altiplano, at 2,380 m above sea level and surrounded by three impressive volcanoes. It's Peru's second most important city, and the second most popular among tourists.
Arequipa
- Category: district of Peru
- Location: Arequipa Province, Arequipa, Peru, South America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Arequipa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مديرية أريكيبا”
- Asturian: “distritu d’Arequipa”
- Aymara: “Ariqipa jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
- Catalan: “Districte d’Arequipa”
- Cebuano: “Arequipa (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Arequipa”
- Chinese: “阿雷基帕區”
- Dutch: “Arequipa”
- French: “Arequipa”
- Georgian: “არეკიპის რაიონი”
- German: “Arequipa”
- German: “Distrikt Arequipa”
- Hungarian: “Arequipa körzet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arequipa”
- Norwegian: “Arequipa”
- Portuguese: “Arequipa”
- Portuguese: “Distrito de Arequipa”
- Quechua: “Ariqipa distritu”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Arequipa”
- Uzbek: “Arequipa tumani”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mercado San Camilo and Andean Sanctuaries Museum.
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