Huanca Sancos is a province in central Ayacucho, Peru. On April 3, 1983, Shining Path terrorists entered the town of Lucanamarca and killed 69 people.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
Political division
The province extends over an area of and is divided into four districts.
Sancos (Huanca Sancos) Carapo (Carapo) Sacsamarca (Sacsamarca) Santiago de Lucanamarca (Lucanamarca)
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, while 18.72% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).