Area 2,981 km² | ||
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Website www.munihuamanga.gob.pe University San Cristóbal of Huamanga University Points of interest Cathedral Basilica of St Mary, Plaza de Armas, Museo Mariscal Cáceres, Museo Hipolito Unanue, Arco del Triunfo | ||
Huamanga is a province in northern part of the Ayacucho Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Ayacucho.
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Map of Huamanga, Peru
Political division
The province covers 2,981.3 square kilometres (1,151.1 sq mi) and is divided into fifteen districts:
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (50.37%) learnt to speak in childhood, 49.31% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.11 % using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).
References
Huamanga Province Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA