• Source: Grau Province

Grau Province is one of the seven provinces of the Apurímac Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Chuquibambilla.
The province was named after the naval officer Miguel Grau Seminario.




Boundaries


North: Abancay Province
East: Cotabambas Province
South: Antabamba Province
West: Abancay Province




Geography


One of the highest peaks of the district is Q'urawiri at approximately 5,000 m (16,000 ft). Other mountains are listed below:




Political division


The province measures 2,174.52 square kilometres (839.59 sq mi) and is divided into fourteen districts:

Chuquibambilla
Curasco
Curpahuasi
Huayllati
Mamara
Mariscal Gamarra
Micaela Bastidas
Pataypampa
Progreso
San Antonio
Santa Rosa
Turpay
Vilcabamba
Virundo




Ethnic groups


The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.17% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.22% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).




See also


Ccotancaire
Ccullco
Chinaqucha
Intikancha
Kimsaqucha
Q'urawiri
Tipiqucha
Urququcha




Sources

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar pemimpin negara tahun 1998
• Daftar pemimpin negara tahun 1999
• Grau Province
• Ramón Grau
• Abancay Province
• Waman Ch'arpa (Abancay-Grau)
• Cotabambas Province
• Mina Q'asa
• Kimsaqucha (Apurímac)
• Tipiqucha (Apurímac)
• Chinaqucha
• Miguel Grau