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Grau Province
Grau Province is one of the seven provinces of the Apurímac Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Chuquibambilla. The province was named after the naval officer Miguel Grau Seminario. Boundaries *North: Abancay Province *East: Cotabambas Province *South: Antabamba Province *West: Abancay Province Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Q'urawiri at approximately . Other mountains are listed below: Political division The province measures and is divided into fourteen districts: * Chuquibambilla * Curasco * Curpahuasi * Huayllati * Mamara * Mariscal Gamarra * Micaela Bastidas * Pataypampa * Progreso * San Antonio * Santa Rosa * Turpay * Vilcabamba * Virundo Ethnic groups The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.17% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.22% usin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Peru
The provinces of Peru () are the second-level administrative subdivisions of the country. They are divided into Districts of Peru, districts ( es, distritos, links=no). There are 196 provinces in Peru, grouped into 25 Regions of Peru, regions, except for Lima Province which does not belong to any region. This makes an average of seven provinces per region. The region with the fewest provinces is Callao (one) and the region with the most is Ancash Region, Ancash (twenty). While provinces in the sparsely populated Amazon rain forest of eastern Peru tend to be larger, there is a large concentration of them in the north-central area of the country. The province with the fewest districts is Purús Province, with just one district. The province with the most districts is Lima Province, with 43 districts. The most common number of districts per province is eight; a total of 29 provinces share this number of districts. Provinces table The table below shows all provinces with their capit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |