Anta Province

Anta Province
Location of the province in the Cusco region
Basic data
Country	Peru
region	Cusco
Seat	Anta
surface	1,876.1 km²
Residents	56,206 (2017)
density	30 inhabitants per km²
founding	November 19, 1839
ISO 3166-2	PE-CUS
Website	munianta.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Alcalde Provincial	Wiliam Loaiza Ramos (2019-2022)
Ocra in Chinchaypujio District

Coordinates: 13 ° 28 ′  S , 72 ° 21 ′  W

The Anta Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco region in south-central Peru . It has an area of ​​1876.12 km². At the 2017 census there were 56,206 people in the province. In 1993 the population was 56,424, in 2007 54,828. The provincial administration is located in Anta .

Geographical location

The province of Anta is located in the Andes , 20 km west of the regional capital Cusco . It has a longitudinal extension in east-west direction of about 83 km and a maximum width of about 40 km. The upper reaches of the Río Apurímac flows along the southwestern provincial border to the northwest. The Cordillera Vilcabamba , a glaciated mountain range of the Peruvian Eastern Cordillera with its highest peak, the 6,264  m high Salcantay , forms the northwestern provincial border.

The province of Anta is bordered by the province of La Convención in the north-west, the province of Urubamba in the north, the province of Cusco in the east, the province of Paruro in the south-east and the provinces of Cotabambas and Abancay (both in the Apurímac region ) in the west .

Administrative division

The province of Anta is divided into nine districts. The district of Anta is the seat of the provincial administration.

District	Administrative headquarters
Ancahuasi	Ancahuasi
Anta	Anta
Cachimayo	Cachimayo
Chinchaypujio	Chinchaypujio
Huarocondo	Huarocondo
Limatambo	Limatambo
Mollepata	Mollepata
Pucyura	Pucyura
Zurite	Zurite

Web links

Commons : Province of Anta  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Peru: Region Cusco (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de
• INEI Perú