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Huamanga
Province
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Location of Huamanga in the Ayacucho Region
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Capital	Ayacucho
Government
• Mayor	Yuri Gutiérrez (2019-2022)
Area
• Total	2,981.37 km2 (1,151.11 sq mi)
Population
• Total	282,194
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Website	Official website

Huamanga is a province in the northern part of the Ayacucho Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Ayacucho.

The province covers 2,981.3 square kilometres (1,151.1 sq mi) and is divided into fifteen districts:

• Ayacucho (Ayacucho)
• Acocro (Acocro)
• Acos Vinchos (Acos Vinchos)
• Carmen Alto (Carmen Alto)
• Chiara (Chiara)
• Jesús Nazareno (Las Nazarenas)
• Ocros (Ocros)
• Pacaycasa (Pacaycasa)
• Quinua (Quinua)
• San José de Ticllas (Ticllas)
• San Juan Bautista (San Juan Bautista)
• Santiago de Pischa (San Pedro de Cachi)
• Socos (Socos)
• Tambillo (Tambillo)
• Vinchos (Vinchos)
• Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray (Jardín)

One of the highest mountains of the province is Yanapatira at approximately 5,000 m (16,000 ft). Other mountains are listed below:^[1]

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (50.37%) learnt to speak in childhood, 49.31% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.11 % using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

• Battle of Ayacucho
• Hatun Usnu
• Kachimayu
• Marayniyuq
• Pampas de Ayacucho Historical Sanctuary
• Qunchupata
• Wichqana

• (in Spanish) Official Web Site of Municipalidad Provincial de Huamanga
• (in Spanish) Ayacucho República Aristocrática photo gallery

13°10′12″S 74°13′12″W / 13.17000°S 74.22000°W / -13.17000; -74.22000

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