According to the 2007 census, Quechua was spoken by 81.0% of the population as their first language, while 18.4% spoke Spanish, 0.3% spoke Aymara, 0.0% spoke Asháninka, 0.1% spoke other indigenous languages and 0.0% spoke foreign languages.
Political division
The province measures 4,970.01 square kilometres (1,918.93 sq mi) and is divided into fifteen districts: