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| name = Quispicanchi
| name = Quispicanchi
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| settlement_type = [[provinces of Peru|Province]]
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| image_caption = [[Pikillacta|Pikillaqta]]
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| image_map = Location of the province Quispicanchi in Cusco.svg
| map_caption = Location of Quispicanchi in the [[Cusco Region]]
| map_caption = Location of Quispicanchi in the [[Cusco Region]]
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| established_title = Founded
| established_title = Founded
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| seat_type = Capital
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = [[Urcos]]
| seat = [[Urcos]]
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Manuel Jesús Sutta Pfocco
| leader_name = Manuel Jesús Sutta Pfocco
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'''Quispicanchi Province''' is one of thirteen [[Provinces of Peru|provinces]] in the [[Cusco Region]] in the southern highlands of [[Peru]].
'''Quispicanchi Province''' is one of thirteen [[Provinces of Peru|provinces]] in the [[Cusco Region]] in the southern highlands of [[Peru]].
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The [[Willkanuta mountain range|Willkanuta]] mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are [[Ausangate]], [[Chumpi (Cusco)|Chumpi]] and [[Qullpa Ananta]]. Other mountains are listed below:<ref>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province (Cusco Region)</ref>
The [[Willkanuta mountain range|Willkanuta]] mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are [[Ausangate]], [[Chumpi (Cusco)|Chumpi]] and [[Qullpa Ananta]]. Other mountains are listed below:<ref>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province (Cusco Region)</ref>


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* Allin Qhapaq
* Allin Qhapaq
* [[Ananta (Cusco)|Ananta]]
* [[Ananta (Cusco)|Ananta]]
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==Political division==
==Political division==
The province is divided into twelve [[Districts of Peru|districts]] ({{lang-es|distritos}}, singular: {{lang|es|distrito}}), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:
The province is divided into twelve [[Districts of Peru|districts]] ({{lang-es|distritos}}, singular: {{lang|es|distrito}}), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''). The districts, with their capitals in parentheses, are:


* [[Andahuaylillas District|Andahuaylillas]] ([[Andahuaylillas]])
* [[Andahuaylillas District|Andahuaylillas]] ([[Andahuaylillas]])
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
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{{Provinces of Cusco Region}}
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[[Category:Provinces of the Cusco Region]]
[[Category:Provinces of the Cusco Region]]

Revision as of 16:00, 25 September 2023

Quispicanchi
Province
Pikillaqta
Pikillaqta
Flag of Quispicanchi
Flag
Location of Quispicanchi in the Cusco Region
Location of Quispicanchi in the Cusco Region
CountryPeru
RegionCusco
CapitalUrcos
Government
 • MayorManuel Jesús Sutta Pfocco
Area
 • Total7,564.79 km2 (2,920.78 sq mi)
Population
 • Total87,430
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
UBIGEO0812

Quispicanchi Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

Geography

The Quispicanchi Province is bounded to the north by the Paucartambo Province and the Madre de Dios Region, to the east by the Puno Region, to the south by the Canchis Province, and to the west by the Acomayo Province, the Paruro Province and the Cusco Province.

The Willkanuta mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are Ausangate, Chumpi and Qullpa Ananta. Other mountains are listed below:[1]

Siwinaqucha and Sinkrinaqucha belong to the largest lakes of the province.

Political division

The province is divided into twelve districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). 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 (75.35%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.29% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

Sources

  1. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province (Cusco Region)
  2. ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

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