Huancavelica Province

Province in Huancavelica, Peru

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Location of Huancavelica in the Huancavelica Region

CountryPeruRegionHuancavelicaCapitalHuancavelicaGovernment

• MayorRómulo Cayllahua PaytánArea

• Total4,215.56 km² (1,627.64 sq mi)Population

• Total115,054 • Density27/km² (71/sq mi)UBIGEO0901

The Huancavelica Province is one of seven provinces located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Huancavelica.

Boundaries

North: Tayacaja Province
East: Acobamba Province, Churcampa Province and Angaraes Province
South: Huaytará Province and Castrovirreyna Province
West: Lima Region and Junín Region

Geography

There are a couple of large lakes in the province like Anqasqucha, Astuqucha, Chiliqucha, Chunchuqucha, Kanllaqucha, Milluqucha, Papaqucha, Qiwllaqucha, Tipiqucha, Warmiqucha and Ñawinqucha some of which belong to the largest lakes of Peru.

The Chunta mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:^[1]

Anqas
Anqasqucha
Anta Q'asa
Aqu Urqu
Atuq Marka
Chapi Urqu
Chawpi Urqu
Ch'aqra Punta
Ch'uspi
Hatun Chupa Urqu
Hatun Pata
Hatun Pirwayuq
Hatun Q'asa
Huch'uy Anqas
Huch'uy Pirwayuq
Inqhana
Inti Wañunan
Kachi Mach'ay Urqu
Kaywa
Kunkayuq
Kuntur Wamani
K'allapayuq
Llipllina
Millpu
Pilluni
Pinqullu (Ascensión)
Pinqullu (Huancavelica)
Pata Pata
Pirwayuq
Puka
Puka Punta
Puka Q'asa (Huanc.)
Puka Q'asa (Cast.-Huanc.)
Puka Rumi
Puka Urqu
Puywan
Phiruruyuq
Qarwa K'anti
Qarwa Q'asa
Qarwa Urqu
Qarwarasu
Qucha Q'asa
Qullpa Qaqa
Qullpapata
Qusqu
Q'iru Pinqullu
Ranra Mach'ay
Rayusqa
Sitaq
Uturunku
Uña Paka
Wachu Intiyuq
Wamanrasu
Waqutuyuq
Wari
Warmi Mach'ay
Wasi Qaqa
Wayllasqa
Wayq'u Kancha
Wayra Q'asa
Winchu Q'asa
Yana Chuku
Yana Kancha
Yana Ranra
Yana Urqu
Yana Urqu (near Chapi Urqu)
Yarq'asqa
Yawar Pukyu
Yawarqucha
Yawray
Yuraq Mach'ay

Political division

The province is divided into nineteen districts, which are:

Acobambilla (Acobambilla)
Acoria (Acoria)
Ascensión (Ascención)
Conayca (Conayca)
Cuenca (Cuenca)
Huachocolpa (Huachocolpa)
Huancavelica (Huancavelica)
Huando (Huando)
Huayllahuara (Huayllahuara)
Izcuchaca (Izcuchaca)
Laria (Laria)
Manta (Manta)
Mariscal Cáceres (Mariscal Cáceres)
Moya (Moya)
Nuevo Occoro (Occoro)
Palca (Palca)
Pilchaca (Pilchaca)
Vilca (Vilca)
Yauli (Yauli)

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (55.06%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.70% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

Sources

^ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Castrovirreyna Province (Huancavelica Region)
^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007