Angaraes Province
The Angaraes Province is one of seven provinces located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Lircay.
Boundaries
- North: Acobamba Province
- East: Ayacucho Region
- South: Huaytará Province
- West: Huancavelica Province
Political division
The province is divided into twelve districts, which are:
- Anchonga (Anchonga)
- Callanmarca (Callanmarca)
- Ccochaccasa (Ccochaccasa)
- Chincho (Chincho)
- Congalla (Congalla)
- Huanca-Huanca (Huanca-Huanca)
- Huayllay Grande (Huayllay Grande)
- Julcamarca (Julcamarca)
- Lircay (Lircay)
- San Antonio de Antaparco (Antaparco)
- Santo Tomás de Pata (Santo Tomás de Pata)
- Secclla (Secclla)
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (78.63%) learnt to speak in childhood, 21.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
See also
Sources
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
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