Grau | |
Settlement Type: | Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | ApurÃmac |
Established Title: | Founded |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Chuquibambilla |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Area Total Km2: | 2174.52 |
Population Total: | 27574 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 0307 |
Grau Province is one of the seven provinces of the ApurÃmac Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Chuquibambilla.
The province was named after the naval officer Miguel Grau Seminario.
One of the highest peaks of the district is Q'urawiri at approximately 5000m (16,000feet). Other mountains are listed below:[1]
The province measures and is divided into fourteen districts:
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.17% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.22% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).[2]