Acomayo Province is one of thirteen
provinces
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
Cusco Region in the southern highlands of
Peru
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Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
Political division
The province is divided into seven
districts ( es, distritos, singular: ), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:
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Acomayo
Acomayo is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Acomayo in the region Cusco
Cusco, often spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu ()), is a city in Southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of th ...
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Acomayo
Acomayo is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Acomayo in the region Cusco
Cusco, often spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu ()), is a city in Southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of th ...
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Acopia (
Acopia)
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Acos (
Acos)
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Mosoc Llacta (
Mosoc Llacta)
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Pomacanchi (
Pomacanchi)
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Rondocan (
Rondocan)
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Sangarará (
Sangarará)
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.
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 ...
is the language which the majority of the population (87.48%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.25% of the residents started speaking in
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 ...
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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
See also
* Acomayo (Cusco)
Acomayo is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Acomayo in the region Cusco
Cusco, often spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu ()), is a city in Southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of th ...
* Lake Asnacocha
Lake Asnacocha (possibly from Quechua ''asna, asnaq'' foul-smelling, stinking, ''qucha'' lake)Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is a ...
* Pumaqanchi Lake
* Waqra Pukara
Waqrapukara or Waqra Pukara (possibly from Quechua ''waqra'' horn, '' pukara'' fortress, "horn fortress") is an archaeological site in Peru located in the Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and regi ...
Sources
Provinces of the Cusco Region
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