UBIGEO 2106 Founded 19 September 1827 Capital Huancané | Elevation 3,809 m (12,497 ft) Website www.mphuancane.pe.nu Area 2,806 km² Region Puno Region | |
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Huancané Province (Aymara: Wankani listen ) is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Huancané.
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Map of Huancan%C3%A9 Province, Peru
Political division
The province measures 2,805.85 square kilometres (1,083.34 sq mi) and is divided into eight districts:
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (53.26%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.82% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language and 15.70% using Spanish (2007 Peru Census).
References
Huancané Province Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA