Huamanga province

Huamanga, sometimes informally Ayacucho, is a province in the northern part of the Ayacucho Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Ayacucho.

Political division

The province covers and is divided into fifteen districts:

Geography

One of the highest mountains of the province is Yanapatira at approximately. Other mountains are listed below:

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, 49.31% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.11 % using Aymara.