Melgar Province


Melgar Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Ayaviri.

Geography

The Willkanuta range and the La Raya range traverse the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:

Political division

The province measures and is divided into nine districts:
DistrictMayorCapitalUbigeo
AntautaIgnacio Edgar Chura MendozaAntauta210802
AyaviriBernardo Natividad Meza AlvarezAyaviri210801
CupiYudel Rene Mamani CervantesCupi210803
LlalliLeon Vilca GamarraLlalli210804
MacariSimon Amador Mamani ChañiMacari210805
NuñoaAtilio Rodo Huaman TaparaNuñoa210806
OrurilloJuan Rene Quispe ChungaOrurillo210807
Santa RosaFiliberto Tacca NavarroSanta Rosa210808
UmachiriNUmachiri210809

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 29.09% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.23% using Aymara .