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	Moquegua - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		MOQUEGUA, a maritime province of southern Peru, bounded N. by the departments of Arequipa and Puno, and S. by the republic of Chile.
		Eastern Moquegua is volcanic, and is broken by the high range that forms the western rim of the Titicaca basin.
		Moquegua was formerly one of the three provinces forming a department of the same name.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Moquegua (262 words)

	Moquegua Region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Moquegua is a coastal region in southern Peru.
		The Moquegua Region is bordered by the regions of Arequipa on the north, Puno on the east, Tacna on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
		As of 2002, the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática esimates the region's population to be 156,750.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moquegua_Region (785 words)

	EARTHQUAKE RECONNASSAINCE: AREQUIPA, PERU
		The residents in the region were generally aware that they lived in a seismic area and that some preparatory measures needed to be adopted.
		In Moquegua, severe damages were visible in the center of the city, particularly on historic and old adobe structures, and in the neighborhood of San Francisco, mainly as the result of soft ground that had provoked landslides.
		In sum, the authorities in the Arequipa region had somehow conducted some preparations for an eminent earthquake that somehow was expected due to the seismic vulnerability of the area.
	www.udel.edu /DRC/perureport.htm (1742 words)

	Trafico on Line Peru Travel Agency Moquegua
		The department of Moquegua is located in the southwestern part of the country.
		The capital is the city of Moquegua, with a noble past readily shown in the old adobe mansions, with ochre and white walls and the peculiar mojinete ceilings.
		The region in which the department of Moquegua is located today was inhabited before the arrival of the Incas.
	www.traficoperu.com /english/ciud19.htm (1065 words)

	ECS Travel, Peru Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The department of Moquegua is situated on Peru’s southern coast.
		Moquegua, previously the town of Santa Catalina de Guadalcazar, is located in the widest part of the valley, in a volcanic region by the Huaynaputina, Ticsani and Ubinas mountains.
		Archaeological investigations clearly indicate that Moquegua always had close ties with the high Lake Titicana plateau, with the Pucata and Tiahuanaco culture in the Early and Middle periods, respectively, and the ethnic groups Colla and Lupaca in the Late period.
	www.ecstravel.com /moquegua.htm (665 words)

	An Archaeological Evaluation of an Ethnohistorical Model in Moquegua
		Moquegua was one of the most frequently listed and important of the lands controlled by the Lupaqa state outside of the circum-Titicaca Basin.
		Stylistically, the ceramics are firmly associated with the post-expansive Tiwanaku settlements in the Moquegua Valley (Goldstein 1985).
		During the actual domination of the Moquegua drainage by the Inca state, Colla-affiliated ceramics were replaced by Chuquito polychromes suggested that the political and economic exchange relationships controlled by the pre-Inca Colla were co-opted by the Lupaqa elite in conjunction with Inca imperial policy.
	www.ioa.ucla.edu /stanish/BAR1989 (5293 words)

	PERUINFO / Information by Regions / Moquegua / History
		This region of the department was already known before the arrival of the Incas and to its original inhabitants is attibuted the name "Moquegua", which means silent place in quechua.
		During the Independence period, Moquegua stood out because of its brave people and this was the reason for confering to it the title of City in 1823.
		On that year it was separately from the administration of the department of Arequipa, to which belonged all of the southern zone of the coast ever since the viceroyal administration.
	www.peru.com /PERUINFO/ingles/info_dptos/moquegua/moq_hist.htm (216 words)

	Moquegua, Peru
		Moquegua lies just to the north of the Atacama desert, known for being the driest desert on earth.
		In addition to being dry, Moquegua is located high above the coastal fog, which means it is also sunny year round.
		The world Moquegua means quiet in Quechua, and the town lives up to its name.
	www.planetware.com /peru/moquegua-per-mo-mo.htm (125 words)

	Tacna Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is bordered by Chile on the south and east, Bolivia on the east, the Puno Region on the northeast, the Moquegua Region on the north and northwest, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west.
		The Region is located below the Titicaca Plateau, and has a diverse geography, including volcanoes, deserts and mountainous zones, from which arise rivers that go over the punas and the plateaus, thus forming the hydrographical system of this zone.
		The archaeological investigations in the Region have proved that a civilization dwelled in this zone in the Stone Age.
	tacna-region.iqnaut.net (645 words)

	Informat.io on Puno Region
		It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the Madre de Dios Region on the north, the Cusco and Arequipa regions on the west, the Moquegua Region on the southwest, and the Tacna Region on the south.
		Its capital is the city of Puno, which is located on Lake Titicacain the geographical region known as the Altiplano or high sierra.
		The region is divided into 13 provinces (provincias, singular: provincia), which are composed of 107 districts (distritos, singular: distrito).
	www.informat.io /?title=puno-region (368 words)

	Política Agraria - Plan Estratégico Regional Moquegua (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		La superficie agrícola bajo riego y secano en el departamento de Moquegua es aproximadamente de 17,725.31 has que tiende a beneficiar a 67,313 usuarios, las tierras agrícolas bajo riego representan el 97.7% del total departamental, mientras que bajo secano tenemos aproximadamente 400 has que representan el 2.3%.
		En los valles de Moquegua y Torata, se practica en un 98% Riego por gravedad y un 2% riego a presión.
		Promover el desarrollo agrario regional, creando capacidades y la generación de oportunidades en el sector agrario, en forma planificada y concertada, para la seguridad alimentaria, la agroindustria y el mercado externo, aprovechando la organización para el desarrollo de sus ventajas competitivas y su integración a los mercados en forma sostenible.
	www.minag.gob.pe /polt_moquegua2.shtml (1358 words)

	Moquegua Region Map: Gral.Sanchez Cer — Mariscal Nieto \| Peru Google Satellite Maps
		Browse the list of administrative regions below and follow the navigation through secondary administrative regions to find populated place you are interested in.
		Regions are sorted in alphabetical order from level 1 to level 2 and eventually up to level 3 regions.
		You are in Moquegua (Peru), administrative region of level 1.
	www.maplandia.com /peru/moquegua (656 words)

	Information about Tacna Region. Tacna Region profile - Peru Andes Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The regional capital is the Heroic City of Tacna.
		Present-day Tacna Region was occupied by forces from neighboring Chile as a result of the War of the Pacific.
		The Tacna Region is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Moquegua Region on the north, the Puno Region on the northeast, the Bolivian La Paz Department on the east, and the Tarapaca Region of Chile on the south.
	www.peru-andes-travel.com /Peru/Tacna-Region (869 words)

	Puno Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Puno region is located in the Collao Plateau.
		The western part of Lake Titicaca, which is the world's highest navigable lake, is located in the region.
		The Andean mountains make up 70% of the region's territory, and the rest is covered by the Amazon rainforest.
	www.infoforyou.org /input.php?title=Puno_Region (368 words)

	Response of Supergene Processes to Episodic Cenozoic Uplift, Pediment Erosion, and Ignimbrite Eruption in the Porphyry ...
		and youngest planate landform in the region (Figs.
		The revised landform chronology for the wider Moquegua region
		in the northeastern sector of the region and in the Cordillera
	econgeol.geoscienceworld.org /cgi/content/full/100/1/87 (7800 words)

	Moquegua region (Peru) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In Chachapoyas, the capital of Amazonas, I saw the flag of Moquegua, but I don’t know if it belongs to the region or to its so-called capital city.
		I received already infos from Peru: 12 departamental flags (including Moquegua), 3 regional flags, and many district flags.
		Unfortunately these infos will be available in my bulletin [frp] only in 2001 (next millenium), including Peruvian regions, departments and provinces.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/pe-g.html (79 words)

	moquegua
		Poco antes de que los españoles llegasen a las tierras virtuosas en viñedos y olivares de Moquegua, el inca Mayta Cápac, reduce a los pocos habitantes de dicho poblado, denominados pukinas y kollas; incorporándolos a su gran imperio.
		Posiblemente alrededor de 1,540 habrían llegado los primeros españoles que buscaban en esa región nuevas tierras para establecerse y la fundación de la ciudad de Moquegua ocurrió un año después, el 25 de noviembre de 1541.
		Moquegua produce una gran variedad de vinos y piscos de gran calidad; igualmente otros licores, macerados de fruta y dulces, cuyos procesos de fabricación fueron transmitidos de generación a generación.
	www.boletindenewyork.com /moquegua.htm (939 words)

	Ecology, Settlement and History in the Osmore Drainage, Perú
		The evidence documenting the increased Tiwanaku interaction with Moquegua during the Tiwanaku 5 period suggests that this interaction took the form of directly administered occupations.
		In Moquegua, however, its association with the Tumilaca Period remains to be tested in the future.
		That is, the over-arching Tiwanaku control which had politically integrated the Moquegua area collapsed, leading to the reorganization of this region into one or several smaller polities.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /ioa/stanish/BAR1989-2 (4822 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Part of the Arequipa volcanics, these volcanoes date from late Peistocene to present and are built on the Barosso fromation, an extensive platform of volcanics from late Miocene to Pliocene in age.
		Approximately 50km behind the main arc on a regional structural lineament are Volcan Ubinas, Huaynaputina, and Ticsani.
		The walls of the valley describe a 2.5km diameter amphitheater interpreted as an ancestral crater whose walls reveal an extensive history of silicic volcanisn in the immediate area.
	volcano.space.edu /physreggeo.html (249 words)

	Reconnaissance Flight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The flight altitude over affected areas varied between 1000 and 3000 feet depending on the topography of the region.
		Observations from the reconnaissance flight are summarized with pictures corresponding to the four separate regions identified in Figure 3.1.
		In general, relatively little damage was seen from the air in the city of Arequipa.
	peer.berkeley.edu /peru_earthquake/Reconnaissance/Reconnaissance_Flight.htm (321 words)

	Trafico on Line Peru Travel Agency Tour Operatot Puerto Maldonado, Manu, Madre de Dios
		There is evidence of human presence in this region before the Spanish conquest and rising of the Inca empire.
		The territory known as Madre de Dios today was also one of the four regions in which the Inca empire was divided, the Antisuyo.
		Historians, nonetheless, coincide in saying that the conquest of this region was very difficult for the Incas who fought against fearless tribes.
	www.traficoperu.com /english/ciud21.htm (800 words)

	Hotels in Moquegua, Peru, Information, Rates and Reservations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Moquegua is a city located on the Southern Peruvian Coast, with a population of 138,000 inhabitants.
		Moquegua is traditionally a fruit and wine producer, although now its main activity is mineral mining.
		Moquegua is famed for its varied and tasty sweet products, wines, pisco and cognac.
	www.peru-hotels.com /moquegua.htm (210 words)

	MSF-USA: Field News 07/11/2001 - MSF Provides Assistance to Peru Earthquake Victims
		MSF is working in the most damaged areas of the Moquegua region.
		In the Tacna region, MSF continues to assess the needs, provide medical aid and water and sanitation activities, and has installed a dispensary tent in the town of Locumba where the local health facility was damaged.
		Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is working in the Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna regions of Peru to assist the victims of last Saturday's earthquake which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale.
	www.doctorswithoutborders.org /news/2001/07-11-2001.htm (631 words)

	PERUINFO / Información por Departamentos / Moquegua / Historia
		PERUINFO / Información por Departamentos / Moquegua / Historia
		La región en que se asienta esta departamento era ya conocida y poblada desde antes de la llegada de los Incas y a sus pobladores primitivos se les atribuye la denominación de Moquegua, nombre que en quechua significa "lugar silencioso".
		Durante la Independencia, Moquegua sobresalió por lo aguerrido de su gente y por este motivo se le concedió el título de Ciudad en 1823.
	www.peru.com /PERUINFO/info_dptos/moquegua/moq_hist.htm (166 words)

	Política Agraria - Plan Estratégico Regional Moquegua (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A pesar de las limitaciones expuestas, la actividad agrícola y pecuaria es fundamental dentro de la economía regional, la misma que se sustenta principalmente en los cultivos de frutales (vid, palta, olivo, chirimoyo), cultivos de pan llevar (papa, maíz, trigo, hortalizas) y la explotación de especies de vacunos, aves, porcinos y camélidos sudamericanos.
		De la infraestructura vial de la región Moquegua, corresponden a la clasificación de red vial nacional 327.60 km (21,65%); a la red vial departamental 330.10 km (21.08%); y a la red vial vecinal 855.80 km (56.54).
		La región Moquegua se caracteriza por la baja fertilidad de sus suelos y topografía accidentada, dependiendo básicamente de las precipitaciones pluviales, influyendo los (bajos) niveles de productividad agrícola.
	www.minag.gob.pe /polt_moquegua5.shtml (3908 words)

	TacnaPeru.com Bienvenido a Tacna Peru en el sur del Perú
		The Tacna Region is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Moquegua Region on the north, the Puno Region on the northeast, the Bolivian La Paz Department on the east, and the Tarapacá Region of Chile on the south.
		Tacna is a province in the Tacna Region in southern Peru.
		Tacna is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region.
	www.tacnaperu.com (2797 words)

	Bibliografía parcial de la arqueología de Moquegua
		DeFrance, S.D. 1993 Ecological Imperialism in the South-Central Andes: Faunal Data From Spanish Colonial Settlements in the Moquegua and Torata Valleys.
		Goldstein, P.S. 1985 Tiwanaku Ceramics of the Moquegua Valley, Peru.
		1991 Colonies and Conquest: Tiahuanaco and Huari in Moquegua.
	bruceowen.com /contisuyo/MoqBibC.html (5207 words)

	Situation Reports: Peru: Ubinas Volcano - Apr 2006, Peru: Situación actual región Moquegua - 28 de junio de 2006
		El 24 de Junio, el CRDC Moquegua, continúa con los trabajos en la carretera Huarina – Matalaque, faltando el limpiado de desmonte de la obra y la nivelación de la misma, al momento restringido tránsito vehicular; se han instalado 07 de Módulos de Vivienda y se continúan habilitando las losas de cemento de 10 cm.
		En la población de la localidad de Ubinas y Querapi Departamento de Moquegua se han registrado afectaciones a la salud de las personas: Cefaleas, conjuntivitis, diarreas, alergias e infecciones respiratorias, entre otros.
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	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6R9J2P?OpenDocument (448 words)

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		Residents walk at a side of the volcano Ubinas in the town of Ubinas, in the Moquegua region, some 550 miles (900 km) south of Lima, April 19, 2006.
		The crater of Peru's volcano Ubinas in the Moquegua region, some 550 miles (900 km) south of Lima, is seen April 19, 2006.
		Residents remove ashes from their potato plants after Peru's volcano Ubinas sent smoke and ashes to the town of Ubinas, in the Moquegua region, some 550 miles (900 km) south of Lima, April 19, 2006.
	www.alertnet.org /thenews/photoalbum/1145643560.htm (681 words)

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