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In the Inca period, after the decline of the Tiahuanaco, it corresponded to the ´´Changos´´ who inhabited the coasts of Camaná, Arequipa and Moquegua. In the Inca period, the coast of Peru was visited by various cars or groups, which followed:



The ´´Tampus´´ rise up in the current Tambo

The ´´Chullis´´ in the Chule area

The ´´Changos´´ that were located between Aranta and Islay.

The river formed by the river also, probably conquered and retained at different times, formed a population of heterogeneous people, who left us traces of their civilization, it could become, with the names that still exist, as ethical as all of us. Cocachacra, Challascapi, etc. and others that can be assigned to Kauiqui and Puquina for their characteristic endings when walking, going, going, such as Cachendo, Mollendo, Huarindo, Catarindo, etc. The population has been considerable on the valley and in the schools where they lived and there were waters that came from below. The influence of the sea must be decisive in them, and their cult to the cult of the ´´ma coccha´´ maker of the sea provided the fish.



MOLLENDO FOUNDATION [edit] There is no certainty about the foundation of Islay. As for whether different versions have been given. San Martín y Bolívar is recognized as the first category of the Port of Islay.



Jorge Basadre founded the foundation of Islay in 1826. The historian Mateo Paz Soldán suspects that Islay was founded in 1830 and is due to General Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente, reputed as “Grand Prefect” of Arequipa, a position he held between 1825 and In 1828, when his very successful management was carried out, the Congress of the Republic presented a law raising the category of Puerto Mayor to Islay, which was endowed with a series of works for its development.



On February 20, 1828, the Archbishop of Arequipa, Monsignor José de Sebastián de Goyeneche y Barreda, on behalf of the first Lieutenant Priest of the new Vice-Parish of the Port of Santa Rosa de Islay to Fray Lorenzo Ruiz, who is presumed for this circumstance. historical of religious character, that Islay was founded as the wise Antonio Raymondi maintains, on August 30, 1827, feast of Santa Rosa de Lima.



On October 9, 1860, the Congress of the Republic, by law, authorized the Executive Power to build a railway line from the port of Islay to the city of Arequipa, but interests created by the private owners of the Tambo valley, decided that Mejía outside the railroad terminus. On May 4, 1868, General Pedro Diez Canseco and engineer Enrique Meiggs, a US national, signed the historic contract.



The railroad works began in La Joya (Arequipa), on May 27, 1868. Weeks after the contract was signed, Meiggs and his engineers confirmed on land that it was easy to climb. In the Mejía pampa, however, this place does not offer favorable natural conditions to build a port; then, without any authorization, the construction company began to build a temporary wall in the north of the old abandoned colonial port of Mollendo (Chule).







Even so, it is a traditional town and spa in the Department of Arequipa, belonging to the Arequipa Region, in Peru, capital of the province of Islay, bathed by the waters of the Pacific Ocean.



But it was one of the most important ports in Peru today, in the War of the Pacific it was occupied and sacked by the Chilean army.



Currently, the city of Arequipa is a very important city for the Peruvian region.







It consists of picturesque alleys and long beaches such as Arantas, Honorato, Huayquiray, La Huata, Punta Hornillos and San José.



In addition to the well-known Catarindo, La Rocas, Albatros, play 1, play 2, play 3 and Mejía.

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