Paruro Province

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Paruro
Location of Paruro in the Cusco region

Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Capital	Paruro
Area
Area Elevation (capital)	1984.42 km²
Population (as of the 2005 Census)
Population - Total - Density	32,244 (2005 census) 16.2/km²
Mayor	Adolfo Santiago Fernandez Baca Loaiza (2007)
Subdivisions	9 districts
UBIGEO	0810
Official website
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Paruro Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

The provincial capital of Paruro, with population of 3,855, lies at 3,057 meters (10,032 feet) altitude. Two and a half hours by bus from Cusco, in the bottom of a deep valley, it is bordered on one side by the Rio Paruro, a feeder of the Apurimac River. A number of small Inca and pre-Inca ruins are in the area, and a series of arches built by Simon Bolivar to celebrate a victory over the Spaniards.

Nearby Paccaritambo is one of the legendary origin sites of Manco Ccapac and Mama Occlo, founders of the Inca Empire.

[edit] Boundaries

North: Anta Province and Cusco Province
East: Quispicanchi Province, Acomayo Province and Chumbivilcas Province
South: Chumbivilcas Province
West: Chumbivilcas Province and Apurímac Region

[edit] Political division

The province is divided into nine districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are: