Aymaraes province

Aymaraes is the largest of the seven provinces of the Apurímac Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Chalhuanca. The province was founded by General Simón Bolívar on June 21, 1824.

Boundaries

North: the provinces of Andahuaylas and Abancay
East: the provinces of Abancay and Antabamba
South: Ayacucho Region
West: Ayacucho Region and the province of Andahuaylas

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 descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 28.61% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.15% using Aymara .