Huaytará Province Explained

Huaytará
Settlement Type:Province
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Peru
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Huancavelica
Established Title:Founded
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Huaytará
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Ricardo Yauricasa
Area Total Km2:6458.39
Population Total:17247
Population Density Km2:auto
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Huaytará Province is the largest of seven provinces located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. The capital city is Huaytará. The province has a population of 17,247 inhabitants as of 2017.

Boundaries

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[1]

Political division

The province is divided into sixteen districts, which are:

Ethnic groups

The province is inhabited by Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (73.93%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.85% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

Sources

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Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaytará Province (Huancavelica Region)
  2. http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe