Víctor Fajardo 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 ...

in the centre of the Ayacucho Region in

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...

Boundaries

*North: Cangallo Province *East: Vilcas Huamán Province and Sucre Province *South: Lucanas Province and Huanca Sancos Province *West:

Huancavelica Region Huancavelica () is a department and region in Peru with an area of and a population of 347,639 ( 2017 census). The capital is the city Huancavelica. The region is bordered by the departments of Lima and Ica in the west, Junín in the north, ...

Geography

One of the highest mountains of the district is Hatun Urqu at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:

Political division

The province is divided into twelve districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are: * Huancapi ( Huancapi), Anexos:Ccocha y Pitahua * Alcamenca, Anexos: Huambo, Carampa, Mirata, Unya, Eccallo, Patallacta e Irimpay * Apongo, Anexos: Paire, Chillanccay y Huayccohuasi * Asquipata, Anexos: Chihuire y Morcolla Chico * Canaria, Anexos: Raccaya, Taca y Umasi * Cayara, Anexos: Chincheros y Mayopampa *

Colca A qullqa ( "deposit, storehouse"; (spelling variants: ''colca, collca, qolca, qollca'') was a storage building found along roads and near the cities and political centers of the Inca Empire. To a "prodigious xtentunprecedented in the annals of ...

, Anexos: Quilla y San José de Sucre * Huamanquiquia, Anexos: Patará, Tinca y Ucho * Huancaraylla, Anexos: Circamarca y Llusita * Huaya, Anexo: Tiquihua * Sarhua ( Sarhua), Anexos: Auquilla, Chuquihuarcaya y Tomanga * Vilcanchos, Anexos: Cocas, Espite y Urancancha

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 (86.22%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.42% 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 ( 2007 Peru Census).inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

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