Aymaraes Province is the largest of seven provinces of the
Apurímac Region Apurímac is the name of:
*Apurímac River
The Apurímac River ( que, Apurimaq mayu; es, Río Apurímac, ; from Quechua ''apu'' 'divinity' and ''rimaq'' 'oracle, talker') rises from glacial meltwater of the ridge of the Mismi, a mountain in t ...
in
Peru
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. The capital of the province is the city of
Chalhuanca. The province was founded by General
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and B ...
on June 21, 1824.
Boundaries
*North:
Andahuaylas Province,
Abancay Province
*East:
Abancay Province,
Antabamba Province
*South:
Ayacucho Region
*West:
Ayacucho Region,
Andahuaylas Province
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the province is
Pisti at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:
Political division
The province measures and is divided into seventeen districts:
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly
indigenous citizens of
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
descent.
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
is the language which the majority of the population (71.05%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.61% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
language and 0.15 % using
Aymara
Aymara may refer to:
Languages and people
* Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language
** Aymara language, the main language within that family
** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which toda ...
(
2007 Peru Census
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Vivien ...
).
inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
References
External links
*
Official website of the aymaraes Province
Provinces of the Apurímac Region
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