Abancay province


Abancay is one of seven provinces of the Apurímac Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Abancay.

Boundaries

Geography

One of the highest mountains of the province is Ampay located in the Ampay National Sanctuary. Other mountains are listed below:

Political division

The province of Abancay is divided into nine districts, which are:
DistrictMayor
AbancayGuido Chahuaylla Maldonado
ChacocheMartin Puma Cayllahua
CircaAsunto Gregorio Montoya Juro
CurahuasiDanilo Valenza Calvo
HuanipacaJose Chacon Vargas
LambramaHilario Saldivar Taipe
PichirhuaMarcelino Montes Aguilar
San Pedro de CachoraHuber Cuaresma Espinoza
TamburcoFernando Zuñiga Gutierrez

Ethnic groups

The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 48.06% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language and 0.21% using Aymara.