Angaraes | |
Settlement Type: | Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Huancavelica |
Established Title: | Founded |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Lircay |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Raul Victor Anyaipoma Bendezu (2007) |
Area Total Km2: | 1959.03 |
Population Total: | 51931 (2005 census) |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 0903 |
The Angaraes Province is one of seven provinces located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Lircay.
The province is divided into twelve districts, which are:
The people in the province are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (78.63%) learnt to speak in childhood, 21.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[1]