Melgar Province
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Melgar | ||
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Province | ||
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Location of Melgar in the Puno Region | ||
Country | Peru | |
Region | Puno | |
Capital | Ayaviri | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Bernardo Natividad Meza Alvarez | |
Area | ||
• Total | 6,446.85 km2 (2,489.14 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 3,907 m (12,818 ft) | |
Population | ||
• Total | 84,739 | |
• Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) | |
UBIGEO | 2108 | |
Website | www.ayaviriweb.com |
Melgar Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.[1] The capital of the province is the city of Ayaviri.
Political division
The province measures 6,446.85 square kilometres (2,489.14 sq mi) and is divided into nine districts:
District | Mayor | Capital | Ubigeo |
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Antauta | Ignacio Edgar Chura Mendoza | Antauta | 210802 |
Ayaviri | Bernardo Natividad Meza Alvarez | Ayaviri | 210801 |
Cupi | Yudel Rene Mamani Cervantes | Cupi | 210803 |
Llalli | Leon Vilca Gamarra | Llalli | 210804 |
Macari | Simon Amador Mamani Chañi | Macari | 210805 |
Nuñoa | Atilio Rodo Huaman Tapara | Nuñoa | 210806 |
Orurillo | Juan Rene Quispe Chunga | Orurillo | 210807 |
Santa Rosa | Filiberto Tacca Navarro | Santa Rosa | 210808 |
Umachiri | N | Umachiri | 210809 |
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (70.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.09% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.23% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
External links
- (Spanish) Official website
References
- ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital, Retrieved January 2, 2008
- ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
Coordinates: 14°52′55″S 70°35′24″W / 14.881822°S 70.590061°W
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