Area 1,984 km² Region Cusco Region | UBIGEO 0810 | |
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Paruro Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
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Map of Paruro Province, Peru
The provincial capital of Paruro, with population of 3,855, lies at 3,057 meters (10,032 ft) altitude. Two and a half hours by bus from Cusco, in the bottom of a deep valley, it is bordered on one side by the Rio Paruro, a feeder of the Apurímac River. A number of small Inca and pre-Inca ruins are in the area, and a series of arches built by Simon Bolivar to celebrate a victory over the Spaniards.
Nearby Paqariq Tampu is one of the legendary origin sites of Manqu Qhapaq and Mama Uqllu, founders of the Inca Empire.
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Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
Political division
The province is divided into nine 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 (92.09%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.56% of the residents started speaking in Spanish (2007 Peru Census).