Aymaraes is the largest of the seven provinces of the ApurÃÂmac Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Chalhuanca. The province was founded by General Simón BolÃÂvar on June 21, 1824.
One of the highest peaks of the province is Pisti at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:
The province measures and is divided into seventeen districts:
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (71.05%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.61% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.15% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).