The New Student's Reference Work/Arequipa

Arequipa (ä′ rā́-kē′ pȧ).  A department in the South American republic of Peru.  It lies in the southern part of the republic, between Lake Titicaca and the Pacific.  Its area is 21,947 square miles, with a population of 229,007.  Its capital is the city of Arequipa which lies in a fertile valley near the volcano of Misti (sometimes called Arequipa), which rises to a height of 20,260 feet.  Notable buildings are the cathedral, public library, hospital, astronomical and meteorological observatories.  The meteorological station is 16,280 feet above sea level, the highest in the world.  Its exports include (besides minerals) cotton, coffee, hides, rice, cocaine, wool and sugar.  The province, being on the Andean range, is mountainous.  A railway connects it with Mollendo, its port on the Pacific, while a line connects it eastward with Puno on Lake Titicaca.  Population, 35,000.