Carabaya province


Carabaya is a province of the Puno Region located in the southern part of Peru. It is bounded on the north by the Madre de Dios Region, on the east by the province of Sandia, on the south by the provinces of Azángaro, Melgar and Putina and on the west by the Cusco Region. The capital of the province is the city of Macusani.

Geography

The province is traversed by the Willkanuta and Kallawaya mountain ranges. Some of the highest peaks in the province are Allin Qhapaq, Ch'ichi Qhapaq and Pumanuta. Other mountains are listed below:
Ariquma Lake, Wiluyuq Qucha and Sayt'uquta belong to the largest lakes of the province.

Political division

The province measures and is divided into ten districts:
DistrictMayorCapitalUbigeo
AjoyaniPedro Cutipa QuispeAjoyani210302
AyapataHector Arraya CubaAyapata210303
CoasaNCoasa210304
CoraniEdmundo caceres GuerraCorani210305
CruceroMax caceres ChuiCrucero210306
ItuataNItuata210307
MacusaniAugusto Ronald Gutierrez rodrigoMacusani210301
OllacheaJuan Huayta COllachea210308
San GabanAdolfo HuamanticaLanlacuni Bajo210309
UsicayosNUsicayos210310

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, 15.14% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.62% Aymara.