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Melgar Province

Melgar Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.[1] The capital of the province is the city of Ayaviri.

Geography

The Willkanuta range and the La Raya range traverse the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[2]

Political division

The province measures 6,446.85 square kilometres (2,489.14 sq mi) and is divided into nine districts:

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (70.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.09% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.23% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved January 2, 2008
  2. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  3. ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

External links

14°52′55″S 70°35′24″W / 14.881822°S 70.590061°W / -14.881822; -70.590061


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