Sucre Province

This article is about the Peruvian place. For other uses, see Sucre (disambiguation).

Sucre
Province
Location of Sucre in the Ayacucho Region
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
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Sucre Province is a province in the eastern part of the Ayacucho Region in Peru.

Political division

The province is divided into eleven districts.

• Belén (Belén)
• Chalcos (Chalcos)
• Chilcayoc (Chilcayoc)
• Huacaña (Huacaña)
• Morcolla (Morcolla)
• Paico (Paico)
• Querobamba (Querobamba)
• San Pedro de Larcay (San Pedro de Larcay)
• San Salvador de Quije (San Salvador de Quije)
• Santiago de Paucaray (Santiago de Paucaray)
• Soras (Soras)

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (76.47%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.21% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

• Aqu Urqu
• Qarwarasu
• Rasuwillka