La Mar province

La Mar is a province in the north-east corner of the Ayacucho Region, Peru. It was created on March 30, 1861.

Geography

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

Political division

The province is divided into ten districts, each of which is headed by a mayor. The districts, with their capitals in parentheses, are:

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, 16.58% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language.

Archaeology

Some of the most important archaeological sites of the province are K'allapayuq Urqu and Waraqu Urqu.