Paruro
Province
Archaeological site of Maucallacta in the Paccaritambo District
Flag
Location of Paruro in the Cusco Region
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Capital	Paruro
Government
• Mayor	Adolfo Santiago Fernandez Baca Loaiza (2007)
Area
• Total	1,984.42 km2 (766.19 sq mi)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	32,244
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
UBIGEO	0810

Paruro Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

The provincial capital of Paruro, with a population of 3,855, lies at 3,057 meters (10,032 ft) altitude.^[1] Two and a half hours by bus from Cusco, at the bottom of a deep valley, it is bordered on one side by the Rio Paruro, a feeder of the Apurímac River. A number of small Inca and pre-Inca ruins are in the area, and a series of arches was built by Simón Bolívar to celebrate a victory over the Spaniards.

Nearby Paqariq Tampu is one of the legendary origin sites of Manqu Qhapaq and Mama Uqllu, founders of the Inca Empire.

• North: Anta Province and Cusco Province
• East: Quispicanchi Province, Acomayo Province and Chumbivilcas Province
• South: Chumbivilcas Province
• West: Chumbivilcas Province and Apurímac Region

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:^[2]

The province is divided into nine districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parentheses, are:

• Accha (Accha)
• Ccapi (Ccapi)
• Colcha (Colcha)
• Huanoquite (Huanoquite)
• Omacha (Omacha)
• Paccaritambo (Paccaritambo)
• Paruro (Paruro)
• Pillpinto (Pillpinto)
• Yaurisque (Yaurisque)

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.09%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.56% of the residents started speaking in Spanish (2007 Peru Census).^[3]

• Mawk'allaqta

13°45′48″S 71°50′58″W / 13.76333°S 71.84944°W / -13.76333; -71.84944