Angaraes Province

Province in Huancavelica, Peru

Angaraes
Province
Location of Angaraes in the Huancavelica Region
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Capital	Lircay
Government
• Mayor	Raul Victor Anyaipoma Bendezu (2007)
Area
• Total	1,959.03 km² (756.39 sq mi)
Population
• Total	51,931 (2,005 census)
UBIGEO	0903

The Angaraes Province is one of seven provinces located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Lircay.

Boundaries

North: Acobamba Province
East: Ayacucho Region
South: Huaytará Province
West: Huancavelica Province

Political division

The province is divided into twelve districts, which are:

Anchonga (Anchonga)
Callanmarca (Callanmarca)
Ccochaccasa (Ccochaccasa)
Chincho (Chincho)
Congalla (Congalla)
Huanca-Huanca (Huanca-Huanca)
Huayllay Grande (Huayllay Grande)
Julcamarca (Julcamarca)
Lircay (Lircay)
San Antonio de Antaparco (Antaparco)
Santo Tomás de Pata (Santo Tomás de Pata)
Secclla (Secclla)

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (78.63%) learnt to speak in childhood, 21.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[1]