Melgar is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital , Retrieved January 2, 2008 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:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the province of Melgar (Puno Region)
Political division The province measures and is divided into nine districts:
District Mayor Capital Ubigeo 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).inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
See also Hatun Mayu Janq'uquta Mawk'allaqta Suyt'uqucha
References
External links Official website