Cangallo Province

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Cangallo
Province
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Flag
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Location of Cangallo in the Ayacucho Region
Country Peru
Region Ayacucho
Capital Cangallo
Government
 • MayorPercy Colos Ayala
Area
 • Total
1,916.17 km2 (739.84 sq mi)
Elevation
2,577 m (8,455 ft)
Population
 • Total
36,977
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
UBIGEO 0502
Website http://www.municangallo.gob.pe/
Mask from Cangallo province created for Three Kings Day (January 6), which are used by dance troupes who perform to celebrate Jesus's birth. This mask was created from flour paste, sugar, and glue by mask maker Nilo Prado as part of 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. 2015 Smithsonian folklife festival DC - mask - 1.JPG
Mask from Cangallo province created for Three Kings Day (January 6), which are used by dance troupes who perform to celebrate Jesus’s birth. This mask was created from flour paste, sugar, and glue by mask maker Nilo Prado as part of 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

The Cangallo Province is a province located in the Ayacucho Region of Peru. It is one of the eleven that make up the region. The province has a population of 36,977 inhabitants as of census 2005. The capital of the province is the city of Cangallo.

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Boundaries

Geography

One of the highest mountains of the province is Chiqllarasu at 5,167 m (16,952 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [1]

Political division

The province extends over an area of 1,916.17 square kilometers (739.84 sq mi) and is divided into six districts:

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (90.14%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.62% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

Archaeology

Various archaeological sites of the province were declared a National Cultural Heritage. Some of the most important sites of the province are listed below: [3] [4]

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Cangallo Province and the Huamanga Province (Ayacucho Region)
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
  3. ↑ El Peruano, Normas Legales, p. 243766 and 243767, May 8, 2003, Lima
  4. ↑ Gobierno Regional de Ayacucho, Plan de Desarrollo Turístico de la Región Ayacucho 2004 – 2014, Aprobado mediante Ordenanza de Consejo Regional N° 03 - 04 - GRA/PRES

13°37′43″S74°08′39″W / 13.628658°S 74.144097°W / -13.628658; -74.144097

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