Anta Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru .
5-468: The Willkapampa mountain range traverses the province. The highest peak of the province is Sallqantay at 6,271 metres (20,574 ft). Other mountains are listed below: 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: The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua
10-473: Is incompatible with the normalized spellings of these languages and Law 29735 which regulates the 'use, preservation, development, recovery, promotion and diffusion of the originary languages of Peru'. According to Article 20 of Decreto Supremo No 004-2016-MC (Supreme Decree) which approves the Regulations to Law 29735, published in the official newspaper El Peruano on July 22, 2016, adequate spellings of
15-413: Is located in the region of Cusco , Peru , in the provinces of Anta , La Convención and Urubamba . It extends between 13°10' and 13°27'S. and 72°30' and 73°15'W for about 85 km. Its highest peak is Salcantay, which is 6,271 m (20,574 ft) above sea level. Most of the names in the range originate from Quechua . They used to be spelled according to a mainly Spanish-based orthography which
20-498: Is the language which the majority of the population (70.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.35% of the residents started speaking in Spanish . 13°28′49″S 72°06′40″W / 13.480167°S 72.111245°W / -13.480167; -72.111245 This Cusco Region geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Willkapampa mountain range The Vilcabamba mountain range
25-512: The toponyms in the normalized alphabets of the indigenous languages must progressively be proposed with the aim of standardizing the namings used by the IGN . The IGN realizes the necessary changes in the official maps of Peru. Hints to wrong spellings are terms containing hua and hui (instead of wa and wi ), "e", "o", "ca", "cu", "qu" or diphthongs among others. The name Vilcabamba possibly comes from Aymara and Quechua willka :
#283716