Huaytará province

Huaytará is the largest of seven provinces located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. The capital city is Huaytará. The province has a population of 17,247 inhabitants as of 2017.

Boundaries

North: provinces of Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica and Angaraes
East: Ayacucho Region
South: Ica Region and Ayacucho Region
West: Ica Region

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:

Political division

The province is divided into sixteen districts, which are:

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, 25.85% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language.