El Collao Province


El Collao Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru, created in 1992. The capital of the province is the city of Ilave.

Political division

The province measures and is divided into five districts:
DistrictMayorCapitalUbigeo
CapazoEulario Modesto Mayta CcolloCapazo210502
ConduririPedro Montalico QuentaConduriri210505
IlaveFortunato Calli IncacutipaIlave210501
PilcuyoIsidro Lupaca TiconaPilcuyo210503
Santa RosaIsmael Acero MamaniMazo Cruz210504

Geography

Some of the highest peaks of the province are Panti Usu and Suri. Other mountains are listed below:

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 22.57% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.65% using Quechua.