El Collao is a province of the Puno Region in Peru, created in 1992. The capital of the province is the city of Ilave.
The province measures and is divided into five districts:
Some of the highest peaks of the province are Panti Usu and Suri. Other mountains are listed below:
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (76.51%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.57% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.65% using Quechua (2007 Peru Census).