Elevation 2,661 m (8,730 ft) Website www.munilamar.gob.pe Area 4,392 km² | Region Ayacucho UBIGEO 0505 Founded 30 March 1861 | |
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Capital San Miguel, La Mar Province | ||
La Mar Province is a province in the north-east corner of the Ayacucho Region, Peru. It was created on March 30, 1861.
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Map of La Mar Province, Peru
Political division
The province is divided into ten districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parentheses, 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 (82.96%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.58% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
La Mar Province Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA