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Moquegua -
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MOQUEGUA!

Moquegua is the perfect intermediate between sea

and countryside. Ravines, rock formations and
deserts welcome you to a region where good
gastronomy is present. Come and enjoy the
picturesque towns, mansions, exclusive wines and
piscos of a city that has a lot to tell. It is a gentle,
peaceful and hospitable land, loving its history and
thriving for its future. Its past is reflected in the old
walls, portals, windows, balconies and mojinete roofs,
in its arched and narrow streets, churches, convents “Avocado City”
and squares.
 did you know..?
The district is known as the "City of Avocados" for being the place where the best
avocados in the country are found, according to what they say.

The Moquegua region integrates a total of 1,700 avocado producers who own
around 1,122 hectares of avocado.

WHAT DOES
MOQUEGUA
MEAN?

WHAT DOES MOQUEGUA

MEAN?
The name MOQUICHUA" derives from the Quechua
words "MUHU or MOHO" which means "seed grain",
and "QUICHO or QUECHUA", the temperate or hot
temperate land", that is, "MOQUICHUA OR
MOQUECHUA", would mean the temperate land
producer of seed grains, which would be seed corn.
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BEVERAGES CLOTHES
Inside they wear a short skirt adorned with colored
The best beverages of the Moquegua is macerates,
ribbons, over it they wear a skirt, gathered from
especially apricot and pisco.
front to back forming an elegant and beautiful
peacock tail. Both skirts are fastened with a
traditional alpaca sash that tightens it at the waist,
highlighting its fineness.
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FOODS
DESSERTS Its most representative food HISTORY
is the charrada, the which is
These Peruvian desserts can be The city of Moquegua was
prepared with the beef offal:
found around the main square founded by the Spanish on
heart, chitterlings, gizzard,
of the city. Enjoy guargüeros, November 25, 1541 with the
veins, offal and criadilla.
humitas, quince jelly, alfajor name of Villa de Santa Catalina
Each of these parts are fried
penco, and a wide variety of de Moquegua and its inhabitants
separately and served also
wines and liquors such as dedicated themselves mainly to
individually, accompanied by
macerated apricot and three- agriculture, the cultivation of
potatoes cooked and ground
fig chimbay. Surely you will vines and the preparation of
chili. Other local dishes are
want to repeat more than once! wines.
fried rabbits and Pataca

Moqueguana that has slices
of pork, ground mote and
whole, chuño, chaque,
squash and chili.
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DANCES art
Putina Carnival, It is one of the most colorful and
The Pules. Declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation
joyful dances of Moquegua, it is characterized by the
in 2017, it is considered an emblem of the identity of
fact that it overflows with joy and enjoyment in each
the Aymara population. ...
dance step. It is usually held during the month of
February, in honor of the land that provides the city The Popcorn. ...
with food. To accompany this dance, charangos
bomba and quenachos are used to give a beautiful Wilasirka. ...
musical background.
Tunasmarka
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DEVELOPING
IDIOM
The population of Moquegua is
The Aymara language: ISO (ayc, ays) FAUNA distinguished by having development
is traditionally spoken in the indicators higher than the national average.
departments of Puno, Moquegua and The region exhibits the first position in
Moquegua posee una gran variedad
Tacna, although due to migration family income per capita and the fourth
de animales, los cuales disfrutan de
large groups of Aymara speakers now respectively in the indicators of life
los acogedores ecosistemas que esta
live in Lima, Arequipa and Madre de expectancy (77.76 years) and population
ciudad ofrece, gracias a su clima y
Dios. It belongs to the Aru language with secondary education (80.74 percent).
envidiable vegetación, los cuales
family. The illiteracy rate in the region is below the
permiten las condiciones óptimas
national average. The total poverty rate in
para la supervivencia natural de miles
Moquegua in 2013 was 8.7 percent, much
de especies de animales como la
lower than the national average (23.9
Huallata, el Ñandú y la Vizcacha.
percent).

FLORA
The total flora of the department increases to 1,050 species, 435 genera
and 96 families. Nine plant formations are preliminarily differentiated:
Lomas, Riparian Mountain, Tillandsial, Desert scrub, sub-humid scrub,
Pajonal, Queñua Forest, Bofedal and Almohadilla.
 Customs and
traditions
The Anniversary of Moquegua goes hand in hand with the
celebration of the Tourist Week of this place, which is celebrated
(or has as its central day) on November 25 and which in 2011
celebrates its 470th year.

Among te events scheduled for the Moquegua Anniversary Tourist

Week are: The election of Miss Moquegua. In the same way,
different contests are held, among them the Regional Contest of
Damascus, as well as different competitions where the traditional
dances of Moquegua face each other, among those: the sarawja;
the ccuno or the palomita, which is a courtship dance; large grass
spinners; The Chocolat, which is a ritual dance; among other.
Thanks!