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Location: Pampa de Palo km. 7,6
Costanera Sur highway
Central Telefónica: 051-053- 495900
E-mail: info@ceticosilo.com
Costanera Sur highway
Central Telefónica: 051-053- 495900
E-mail: info@ceticosilo.com
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| General Data | ||
| Province | ILO | |
| Department | MOQUEGUA | |
| Capital | ILO | |
| Population census-taken as of 2005 | 63037 | |
| Surface (Km2) | 1380.68 | |
| Density of population (inhab/Km2) | 45.7 | |
| Name of Major | Prof. ESTELIO CARDENAS PEREA | |
| Address | Miramar Nro. 1202 | |
| Phone | 481586 | |
| Component Districts | ||
| EL ALGARROBAL | ||
| ILO | ||
| PACOCHA | ||
| Features of Population - Census 2005 | ||
| Census-taken Population | 63037 | |
| Urban Population | 62376 | |
| Rural Population | 661 | |
| Census-taken Men Population | 31962 | |
| Census-taken Women Population | 31075 | |
| Intercensal Growth Rate (1981 - 1993) | 2.4 | |
| Population of 15 years old or older | 46178 | |
| Percentage of population of 15 years old or older | 73.26 | |
| Illiteracy rate of population of 15 years old or older | 1.9 | |
| Percentage of population of 15 years old or older, Total with complete primary school studies or less | 13.1 | |
| Basic Housing Services - Census 2005 | ||
| Total of Particular Houses | 21064 | |
| Houses with electrical lighting | 16153 | |
| Houses with Drainage Service | 12154 | |
History
Although the political creation of Ilo is recent, its origins are projected beyond the recent era, since it is proved that the first inhabitants were hunters and nomads, and it is approximately calculated that they were near the coast about the 600 year before Christ. From that time, the presence of human beings in all this zone has been almost permanent, as it is shown in the remains spread in all the province and are still matter to be studied. During the Pre-Inca era, the members of Wari & Puquina cultures were settled down approximately around the 500 to 800 years after Christ. However, undoubtedly, a culture that totally characterizes Ilo, is the development of the ¨Chiribaya¨ that is calculated they created a settlement with a notable development around the 1000 year after Christ. Among the most representative cultural demonstrations of this noble culture – reason of proud for the region – there is the most beautiful pottery that is considered among the most beautiful ones of all this area, due to its finished manufacture, exclusive design, amazing decoration and use of a unique distinctive feature, such as the use of white spots by limiting its area. With the Incas appearance, the Chiribaya culture entered to a postration and subsequent disappearance period, leaving like single culture the one imported by men coming from Cusco.
During approximately 300 to 400 years, the Incas used the cultivation systems, and the seafood of Ilo to feed part of the Incas Empire. Subsequently, the Spanish conquerors would arrive to Ilo, who would give a new boost for the zone development. For that time, the first visitants would describe Ilo like ¨a small gully that gradually opens until you can see the Church. This is the village of Ilo inhabited by French people and which river gets dry for 6 months when there is no rain in the range¨. Life in Ilo is not comfortable, there is lack of water because it is all used in vineyards, lack of ox and meat is expensive, and this is told by chroniclers who describe the difficulties of living in Ilo in those remote eras. At the Republic era, Ilo undertakes a slow life of progress, especially for the presence of fishing and mining and thanks to the development reached by its inhabitants effort, on May 26 1970, the government presided by the General Juan Velasco Alvarado issues the Law Decree Number 18298, in order to raise it to the category of Province and the anniversary date is established for every year.
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
Tourist Complex
Very important shopping centre because of the traffic it generates. It is started with the construction of Public Dock by the year 1870, with a wooden platform and iron supports and side stairs, currently declared a tourist place: by complementing the Naval Museum opened to the community everyday, where we can admire a tiny and authentic Chiribaya raft, a more than 1500-year ebony sextant. We can also see an Arabic astrolabe, portable platforms, spades, canyons, maps, and letters, among many other historical relics. Next, the Port Terminal of Ilo is constructed starting to operate in 1970 as direct mooring port. To the North, there is the Square, traditional walk viewpoint, constructed in 1915 with wood and hexagonal roof, benches and bridges joining it to the Public Dock. To the South, there is the private dock of the Southern Peru Company.
St. Jerónimo Temple
Its construction started in 1871 and it is located over a rock platform where it can be observed wooden sleepers used as base of the structure.It corresponds to the type of religious architecture and has one rectangular nave and a high chorus.The atrium can be reached through two stairs. The façade is symmetric, finishing in a central tower with a slight curvature in the finish.In the interior there are side altarpieces and a superior altarpiece. The cover is a wooden truss structure roof, with calamine cover. It is on its original state.
José Gálvez Square
Constructed in 1915. It is a viewpoint raised over the coast crag and it can be reached through a wooden bridge (Venus Bridge). Its structure is wood and has a hexagonal roof. It is decorated with benches and small bridges.It is important in the Ilo traditions. From this Square you can observe a beautiful view of the sea, boats, birds that are on the adjacent rocks and occasionally seals.
Public Dock
Its value is architectonic and environmental urban. It is constructed in three platforms, one of concrete and two of wood, one superior is supported on a circular iron pile structure. It also has an open hall and two side stairs for boarding.You can appreciate a beautiful sea landscape and the city. The great wooden platform has halls with benches.
Beach circuit
Ilo has beautiful beaches along its coast, from Punta Icuy in the border with Tacna where it is the Tronco de Oro beach at 29 Km. from Ilo, with thick and fine sand, regular and low depth: Bolivia Mar beach, located at 11 Km. and is open, extensive (5km) with fine sand; Pozo de Lizas beach at 4 Km. from Ilo, also extensive (6km) with fine sand, this is the best implemented; Puerto Inglés beach at 2 Km. from Ilo, it is closed (100m) with rocks and few sand; Boca del Río beach to the North of the city, with thick sand and regular depth; Enfermeras beach at 7 Km., it is calm and quiet, Pocoma beach at 28 Km. from Ilo, it is extensive (2km), rocky zone with many wells with thick sand, excellent for fishing. Waikiki beach (33km. to the north of Ilo), it is beautiful with fine sand and moderate swell; Platanal beach at 37 Km. with fine sand and low depth.
Punta de Coles
National Tourist Reserve Zone with R.M. 033-92-ICTI/DM, the bio-geographic conditions, the defloration phenomenon and sea cold temperature, have generated a habitat for a marine mammals population and a fauna that lives at balance with their territory spaces and food, natural landscape of the coast sea with islands, guano producing seabirds, seals and desserts.
El Algarrobal Museum
There are exhibited many pieces and remains of the Chiribaya culture, such as bright and colourful ornaments in milk-white quartz, numerous potteries and especially the beautiful designs of its flowery textile art.
TYPES OF TOURISM
Underwater Fishing: Ilo has an excellent bay equipped for this kind of sport. In 1994 there was a World Underwater Fishing Contest, with the participation of different countries of the world.
Speedboat Racing: Sport mainly practiced on May as part of the anniversary of the province of Ilo. Many sportspeople from different places of the world participate.
Camping: It can be executed in the Punta Icuy beaches (camping and fishing), Waykiki, Tacahuay Beaches and others.
Surfing: Special waves in the Tronco de Oro and Punta negra beaches
Sandboard: The sandboard can be practiced at 20 Km. from Ilo in a zone of the Binational Road, where there is a mountain with sliding of loose sand special for practicing this sport.
Although the political creation of Ilo is recent, its origins are projected beyond the recent era, since it is proved that the first inhabitants were hunters and nomads, and it is approximately calculated that they were near the coast about the 600 year before Christ. From that time, the presence of human beings in all this zone has been almost permanent, as it is shown in the remains spread in all the province and are still matter to be studied. During the Pre-Inca era, the members of Wari & Puquina cultures were settled down approximately around the 500 to 800 years after Christ. However, undoubtedly, a culture that totally characterizes Ilo, is the development of the ¨Chiribaya¨ that is calculated they created a settlement with a notable development around the 1000 year after Christ. Among the most representative cultural demonstrations of this noble culture – reason of proud for the region – there is the most beautiful pottery that is considered among the most beautiful ones of all this area, due to its finished manufacture, exclusive design, amazing decoration and use of a unique distinctive feature, such as the use of white spots by limiting its area. With the Incas appearance, the Chiribaya culture entered to a postration and subsequent disappearance period, leaving like single culture the one imported by men coming from Cusco.
During approximately 300 to 400 years, the Incas used the cultivation systems, and the seafood of Ilo to feed part of the Incas Empire. Subsequently, the Spanish conquerors would arrive to Ilo, who would give a new boost for the zone development. For that time, the first visitants would describe Ilo like ¨a small gully that gradually opens until you can see the Church. This is the village of Ilo inhabited by French people and which river gets dry for 6 months when there is no rain in the range¨. Life in Ilo is not comfortable, there is lack of water because it is all used in vineyards, lack of ox and meat is expensive, and this is told by chroniclers who describe the difficulties of living in Ilo in those remote eras. At the Republic era, Ilo undertakes a slow life of progress, especially for the presence of fishing and mining and thanks to the development reached by its inhabitants effort, on May 26 1970, the government presided by the General Juan Velasco Alvarado issues the Law Decree Number 18298, in order to raise it to the category of Province and the anniversary date is established for every year.
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
Tourist Complex
Very important shopping centre because of the traffic it generates. It is started with the construction of Public Dock by the year 1870, with a wooden platform and iron supports and side stairs, currently declared a tourist place: by complementing the Naval Museum opened to the community everyday, where we can admire a tiny and authentic Chiribaya raft, a more than 1500-year ebony sextant. We can also see an Arabic astrolabe, portable platforms, spades, canyons, maps, and letters, among many other historical relics. Next, the Port Terminal of Ilo is constructed starting to operate in 1970 as direct mooring port. To the North, there is the Square, traditional walk viewpoint, constructed in 1915 with wood and hexagonal roof, benches and bridges joining it to the Public Dock. To the South, there is the private dock of the Southern Peru Company.
St. Jerónimo Temple
Its construction started in 1871 and it is located over a rock platform where it can be observed wooden sleepers used as base of the structure.It corresponds to the type of religious architecture and has one rectangular nave and a high chorus.The atrium can be reached through two stairs. The façade is symmetric, finishing in a central tower with a slight curvature in the finish.In the interior there are side altarpieces and a superior altarpiece. The cover is a wooden truss structure roof, with calamine cover. It is on its original state.
José Gálvez Square
Constructed in 1915. It is a viewpoint raised over the coast crag and it can be reached through a wooden bridge (Venus Bridge). Its structure is wood and has a hexagonal roof. It is decorated with benches and small bridges.It is important in the Ilo traditions. From this Square you can observe a beautiful view of the sea, boats, birds that are on the adjacent rocks and occasionally seals.
Public Dock
Its value is architectonic and environmental urban. It is constructed in three platforms, one of concrete and two of wood, one superior is supported on a circular iron pile structure. It also has an open hall and two side stairs for boarding.You can appreciate a beautiful sea landscape and the city. The great wooden platform has halls with benches.
Beach circuit
Ilo has beautiful beaches along its coast, from Punta Icuy in the border with Tacna where it is the Tronco de Oro beach at 29 Km. from Ilo, with thick and fine sand, regular and low depth: Bolivia Mar beach, located at 11 Km. and is open, extensive (5km) with fine sand; Pozo de Lizas beach at 4 Km. from Ilo, also extensive (6km) with fine sand, this is the best implemented; Puerto Inglés beach at 2 Km. from Ilo, it is closed (100m) with rocks and few sand; Boca del Río beach to the North of the city, with thick sand and regular depth; Enfermeras beach at 7 Km., it is calm and quiet, Pocoma beach at 28 Km. from Ilo, it is extensive (2km), rocky zone with many wells with thick sand, excellent for fishing. Waikiki beach (33km. to the north of Ilo), it is beautiful with fine sand and moderate swell; Platanal beach at 37 Km. with fine sand and low depth.
Punta de Coles
National Tourist Reserve Zone with R.M. 033-92-ICTI/DM, the bio-geographic conditions, the defloration phenomenon and sea cold temperature, have generated a habitat for a marine mammals population and a fauna that lives at balance with their territory spaces and food, natural landscape of the coast sea with islands, guano producing seabirds, seals and desserts.
El Algarrobal Museum
There are exhibited many pieces and remains of the Chiribaya culture, such as bright and colourful ornaments in milk-white quartz, numerous potteries and especially the beautiful designs of its flowery textile art.
TYPES OF TOURISM
Underwater Fishing: Ilo has an excellent bay equipped for this kind of sport. In 1994 there was a World Underwater Fishing Contest, with the participation of different countries of the world.
Speedboat Racing: Sport mainly practiced on May as part of the anniversary of the province of Ilo. Many sportspeople from different places of the world participate.
Camping: It can be executed in the Punta Icuy beaches (camping and fishing), Waykiki, Tacahuay Beaches and others.
Surfing: Special waves in the Tronco de Oro and Punta negra beaches
Sandboard: The sandboard can be practiced at 20 Km. from Ilo in a zone of the Binational Road, where there is a mountain with sliding of loose sand special for practicing this sport.
