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MOQUEGUA
 The region in which is situated that department today, was already known and inhabited since long before the Incas arrived there. According to Garcilaso de la Vega´s report, it was the Inca Mayta Cápac who organized the imperial military expedition which extended Cusco´s rulers´ territory to part of the coast.
Considetring that it was a fertile land, with capacity to sustain a larger population, the incan army´s captains asked permission to found two villages there, which was seen as convenient to secure dominion over this conquered land. So, that´s how Cuchuna and Moquegua were erected.
There is no clear information on the Spanish conquest in that region, nor on the Spanish foundation of the city of Moquegua, once taken by its army. However, the possible date of November 25, 1541, is attributed; a responsibility that Pedro Cansino and his wife Josefa de Bilbao assumed. The “Puerto marítimo de Ilo” (Ilo´s sea port) was created simultaneously with the city´s foundation.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION :
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The Department of Moquegua is situated in the South-Western part of the country, on the South coast and includes coastal and andean areas.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES :
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To the North, with Arequipa; to the South, with Tacna; to the East, with Puno and to the West, with the Pacific Ocean.
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The department is at an altitude of 1,410 m. above sea level.
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The climate varies according to the altitude. On the coast, it is moderate and humid, with little rain. In the interandean areas, it is moderate. At a higher altitude, there is a succession of moderate to cold and freezing climates. There are important temperature differences between sun and shade or day and night.
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BY LAND :
Lima – Moquegua (1,144 Km.), using the South Panamerican Road, with a duration of about 16 hours by car.
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BY SEA :
In the Port of Ilo, in the province of the same name.
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