Huamanga province

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

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

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