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Sucre Province

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Country
  
Region
  
Ayacucho Region

Area
  
1,786 km²

UBIGEO
  
0509

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Sucre Province is a province in the eastern part of the Ayacucho Region in Peru.

Contents

Map of Sucre Province, Peru

Political division

The province is divided into eleven districts.

  • Belén (Belén)
  • Chalcos (Chalcos)
  • Chilcayoc (Chilcayoc)
  • Huacaña (Huacaña)
  • Morcolla (Morcolla)
  • Paico (Paico)
  • Querobamba (Querobamba)
  • San Pedro de Larcay (San Pedro de Larcay)
  • San Salvador de Quije (San Salvador de Quije)
  • Santiago de Paucaray (Santiago de Paucaray)
  • Soras (Soras)
  • Ethnic groups

    The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (76.47%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.21% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

    References

    Sucre Province Wikipedia


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