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 |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 0906 |
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.
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[1]
The province is divided into sixteen districts, which are:
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]