Huamanga Province

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Huamanga
Province
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Flag
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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
 • Total2,981.37 km2 (1,151.11 sq mi)
Population
 • Total282,194
 • Density95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Website Official website

Huamanga 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: [1]

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). [2]

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

Coordinates: 13°10′12″S74°13′12″W / 13.17000°S 74.22000°W / -13.17000; -74.22000


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