Melgar Province is a
province of the
Puno Region in
Peru. The capital of the province is the city of
Ayaviri.
Geography
The
Willkanuta range and the
La Raya
La Raya de Santiago, or simply La Raya, is a village or ''pedanía'' (suburban district) of the municipality of Murcia, in Región de Murcia (Spain). There are 2,289 inhabitants (INE 2004) and it has an approximate area of 2,901 km². It is s ...
range traverse the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)]
Political division
The province measures and is divided into nine districts:
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly
indigenous citizens of
Quechua descent.
Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (70.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.09% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish language and 0.23% using
Aymara (
2007 Peru Census
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...
).
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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
See also
* Hatun Mayu
Hatun or Khatun ( otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣, Katun, ota, خاتون, Hatun or قادین ''Kadın'', uz, xotin, fa, خاتون ''khātūn''; Mongolian: , ''khatun'', хатан ''khatan''; ur, خاتون, hi, ख़ातून '; bn, খাত ...
* Janq'uquta
* Mawk'allaqta
* Suyt'uqucha
References
External links
*
Official website
Melgar
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