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Province in Apurímac, Peru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Abancay Province is one of seven provinces of the Apurímac Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Abancay.
Abancay | |
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Ampay (in the background on the left) as seen from Usphaqucha | |
![]() Location of Abancay in the Apurímac Region | |
Country | Peru |
Region | Apurímac |
Capital | Abancay |
Government | |
• Mayor | Guido Chahuaylla |
Area | |
• Total | 3,447.13 km2 (1,330.94 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 110,520 |
• Density | 32/km2 (83/sq mi) |
UBIGEO | 0301 |
Website | www |
One of the highest mountains of the province is Ampay located in the Ampay National Sanctuary. Other mountains are listed below:[1]
Abancay Province is divided into nine districts, which are:
DISTRICT | MAYOR |
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Abancay | Guido Chahuaylla Maldonado |
Chacoche | Martin Puma Cayllahua |
Circa | Asunto Gregorio Montoya Juro |
Curahuasi | Danilo Valenza Calvo |
Huanipaca | Jose Chacon Vargas |
Lambrama | Hilario Saldivar Taipe |
Pichirhua | Marcelino Montes Aguilar |
San Pedro de Cachora | Huber Cuaresma Espinoza |
Tamburco | Fernando Zuñiga Gutierrez |
The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (51.47%) learnt to speak in childhood, 48.06% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language and 0.21% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).[2]
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