Country Peru Area 948.2 km² Region Cusco Region | UBIGEO 0802 Capital Acomayo | |
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Acomayo Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
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Map of Acomayo Province, Peru
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
Political division
The province is divided into seven districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.48%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.25% of the residents started speaking in Spanish.
References
Acomayo Province Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA