| General Sánchez Cerro | |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Peru |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Moquegua |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Omate |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Mauricio Jose Nina Juarez (2007) |
| Area Total Km2: | 5681.71 |
| Elevation M: | 2166 |
| Population Total: | 25809 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 1802 |
The General Sánchez Cerro Province is the smallest of three provinces in the Moquegua Region of Peru.[1] [2] The capital of the province is Omate. The province was named after the former Peruvian army officer and president Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro.
One of the highest peaks of the province is the Ubinas volcano. Other mountains are listed below:[3]
The province is divided into eleven districts, which are:
The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Spanish, however, is the language which the majority of the population (60.36%) learnt to speak in childhood, 37.45% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language and 1.98% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).[4]