Huancané Province

Huancané
Wankani
Province

Huancané

Location of Huancané
Wankani in the Puno Region
Country Peru
Region Puno
Founded September 19, 1827
Capital Huancané
Government
 • Mayor Alex Gómez Pacoricona
Area
 • Total 2,805.85 km2 (1,083.34 sq mi)
Elevation 3,809 m (12,497 ft)
Population
 • Total 74,542
 • Density 27/km2 (69/sq mi)
UBIGEO 2106
Website www.mphuancane.pe.nu

Huancané Province (Aymara: Wankani  listen ) is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.[1] The capital of the province is the city of Huancané.

Political division

The province measures 2,805.85 square kilometres (1,083.34 sq mi) and is divided into eight districts:

District Mayor Capital Ubigeo
Cojata Hector Exaltacion Montesinos Aliaga Cojata 210602
Huancané Alex Gomez Pacoricona Huancané 210601
Huatasani Miguel Condori Condori Huatasani 210603
Inchupalla Juan Sucasaire Aquise Inchupalla 210604
Pusi Elias Quiroga Gutierrez Pusi 210605
Rosaspata Clodoaldo Poma Castro Rosaspata 210606
Taraco Efrain Vilca Callata Taraco 210607
Vilque Chico Hilario Ramos Salluca Vilque Chico 210608

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (53.26%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.82% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language and 15.70% using Spanish (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital, Retrieved January 2, 2008
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

Coordinates: 15°12′08″S 69°45′41″W / 15.20222°S 69.76139°W / -15.20222; -69.76139


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