Anta province

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Geography

The Willkapampa mountain range traverses the province. The highest peak of the province is Sallqantay at Script error: No such module "convert".. Other mountains are listed below:[1]

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Political division

The province is divided into nine districts (Template:Langx, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). 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 (70.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.35% of the residents started speaking in Spanish.[2]

See also

Sources

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  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the province of Anta (Cusco Region)
  2. inei.gob.pe Template:Webarchive INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

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