La Mar Province

La Mar
Province

Location of La Mar in the Ayacucho Region
Country Peru
Region Ayacucho
Founded March 30, 1861
Capital San Miguel
Government
  Mayor Eulogio Vila Montaño
Area
  Total 4,392.15 km2 (1,695.82 sq mi)
Elevation 2,661 m (8,730 ft)
Population
  Total 82,473
  Density 19/km2 (49/sq mi)
UBIGEO 0505
Website www.munilamar.gob.pe

La Mar Province is a province in the north-east corner of the Ayacucho Region, Peru. It was created on March 30, 1861.[1]

Political division

The province is divided into ten districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parentheses, are:[2][3]

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (82.96%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.58% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[4]

See also

References

  1. (Spanish) Alberto Tauro del Pino, Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú, vol. IX, p. 1384.
  2. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital. Retrieved March 4, 2008.
  3. (Spanish) Municipalidad Provincial de La Mar. Municipalidad Provincial de La Mar - San Miguel - Ayacucho. Retrieved March 4, 2008.
  4. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

External links

Coordinates: 13°00′45″S 73°58′51″W / 13.012606°S 73.980964°W / -13.012606; -73.980964

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