La Mar is a province in the north-east corner of the Ayacucho Region, Peru. It was created on March 30, 1861.
One of the highest mountains of the province is Rasuwillka at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:
The province is divided into ten 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 is the language which the majority of the population (82.96%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.58% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
Some of the most important archaeological sites of the province are K'allapayuq Urqu and Waraqu Urqu.