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Province in Ayacucho, Peru
Paucar del Sara Sara
Province
Sara Sara, the highest mountain in the provinceSara Sara, the highest mountain in the province
Location of Paucar del Sara Sara in the Ayacucho RegionLocation of Paucar del Sara Sara in the Ayacucho Region
CountryPeru
RegionAyacucho
CapitalPausa
Government
 • MayorJosé Felix Rosenthal Quispe
Area
 • Total2,096.92 km (809.63 sq mi)
Population
 • Total10,610
 • Density5.1/km (13/sq mi)
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Paucar del Sara Sara is a province located in the south-eastern corner of the Ayacucho Region of Peru. It is one of eleven provinces that make up the region. The province reported a population of 10,610 inhabitants in the 2005 census. It is bounded to the north and west by the province of Parinacochas and to the south and east by the Arequipa Region. The capital of this province is the city of Pausa.

Geography

The highest mountain in the province is Sara Sara at 5,505 m (18,061 ft) on the border with the province of Parinacochas. Other mountains are listed below:

  • Aklla Wasi
  • Ancha Qalla
  • Anilluyuq
  • Aqu
  • Aqu Q'asa
  • Awkiwatu
  • Chulluni
  • Chururu P'ukru
  • Hatun Aqu
  • Ichhu Pata
  • Jamati Wañusqa
  • Kisu Rumi
  • Kuntur Sirka
  • Lujmani
  • Pampa Wasi
  • Puka Puka
  • Puka Q'asa
  • Puka Urqu
  • Puma Ranra
  • Putaqa
  • Qaqa Mach'ay
  • Qarwayuq
  • Qillqata
  • Qiñwa Pampa
  • Qiñwa P'unqu
  • Quriwayrachina
  • Q'ala Urqu
  • Q'illu Pata
  • Ranra
  • Runa Runa
  • Runtu
  • Sara Sara
  • Saywayuq
  • Sumaq Pampa
  • Tinku
  • Wamani
  • Wamanripa Q'asa
  • Warmi P'unqu
  • Wilachiri
  • Yana Mach'ay
  • Yana Ranra
  • Yana Sallani
  • Yana Urqu

Political division

The province extends over an area of 2,096.92 square kilometres (809.63 sq mi) and is divided into ten districts. The districts, with their capitals in parentheses, are:

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (50.15%) learned to speak in childhood, 49.36% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

Sources

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the province of Paucar del Sara Sara (Ayacucho Region)
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

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