Huamanga province

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Huamanga
Province
Flag of Ayacucho.svg
Flag
Escudo de Ayacucho.svg
Coat of arms
Location of the province Huamanga in Ayacucho.svg
Location of Huamanga in the Ayacucho Region
Country Peru
Region Ayacucho
Capital Ayacucho
Government
 • MayorYuri Gutiérrez
(2019-2022)
Area
 • Total
2,981.37 km2 (1,151.11 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
282,194
 • Density95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Website Official website

Huamanga, sometimes informally Ayacucho, [1] is a province in the northern part of the Ayacucho Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Ayacucho.

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Political division

The province covers 2,981.3 square kilometres (1,151.1 sq mi) and is divided into fifteen districts:

Geography

One of the highest mountains of the province is Yanapatira at approximately 5,000 m (16,000 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (50.37%) learnt to speak in childhood, 49.31% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.11 % using Aymara (2007 Peru Census). [3]

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ Ruiz Fowler, José R. (1924). Monografía histórico-geográfica del departamento de Ayacucho (in Spanish). Impr. Torres Aguirre / Ministerio de Fomento. p. 168. La provincia de Ayacucho, aunque se ordenó después llevase el nombre de Huamanga, generalmente se le conoce por el de Ayacucho.
  2. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region
  3. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

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