| Paucartambo | |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Peru |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Cusco |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Paucartambo |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Mario Condori Huallpa (2007) |
| Area Total Km2: | 6295.01 |
| Population Total: | 47313 |
| Population Footnotes: | |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 0811 |
Paucartambo Province (from Quechua: Pawqar Tampu,[1] meaning "colo(u)red tambo") is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[2]
The province is divided into six districts (Spanish; Castilian: distritos, singular: Spanish; Castilian: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parentheses, are:
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua ethnicity. According to the 2007 national census, Quechua is the first language of the great majority of the population (85.56%); 13.51% of the residents learned Spanish as their first language (2007 Peru Census).[3]