| Huanca Sancos | |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Peru |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ayacucho |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Huanca Sancos |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Cirilo Pacheco Vilchez |
| Area Total Km2: | 2862.33 |
| Elevation M: | 3408 |
| Population Total: | 12120 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 0503 |
Huanca Sancos is a province in central Ayacucho, Peru. On April 3, 1983, Shining Path terrorists entered the town of Lucanamarca and killed 69 people.
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[1]
The province extends over an area of and is divided into four districts.
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, while 18.72% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]