The Cotabambas Province is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

located in the

Apurímac Region Apurímac is the name of: * Apurímac River, a river in the south-eastern parts of central Perú * Apurímac Region, a region in the south-eastern parts of central Perú *Three albums by the German new-age band Cusco: ** ''Apurimac'' (album) **'' A ...

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. The province has a population of 44,028 inhabitants. The capital of this province is the city of Tambobamba.

Boundaries

*North: Cusco Region *East: Cusco Region *South: Cusco Region *West:

Abancay Province The Abancay Province is one of seven provinces of the Apurímac Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Abancay. Boundaries *North: Cusco Region *East: Cotabambas Province, Grau Province *South: Aymaraes Province, Antabamba ...

, Grau Province, Antabamba Province

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the province is Wiska at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:

Political division

The province extends over an area of and is divided into six districts: * Tambobamba * Cotabambas * Coyllurqui * Haquira * Mara * Challhuahuacho

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly

indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention *Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band *Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...

citizens of

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

descent.

is the language which the majority of the population (90.18%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.55 % of the residents started speaking using the

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

language and 0.17% using

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

( 2007 Peru Census).inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

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