UBIGEO 2108 Area 6,447 km² Region Puno Region | Elevation 3,907 m (12,818 ft) Website www.ayaviriweb.com | |
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Melgar Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Ayaviri.
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Map of Melgar Province, Peru
Geography
The Willkanuta range and the La Raya range traverse the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
Political division
The province measures 6,446.85 square kilometres (2,489.14 sq mi) and is divided into nine 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 (70.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.09% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.23% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).
References
Melgar Province Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA