Antabamba_Province

Antabamba Province

Antabamba Province

Province in Apurímac, Peru

For other places with the same name, see Antabamba.

Antabamba Province is one of the seven provinces of the Apurímac Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Antabamba.

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Boundaries

Geography

Antabamba Province covers an area of 1,242.33 square kilometres (479.67 sq mi). The Wansu mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:[1]

Districts

The province is divided into seven districts:

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (77.12%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.26% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.28% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).[2]

Sources

  1. [1]
    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Antabamba Province and the Grau Province (Apurímac Region)
  2. [2]
    inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

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