Chupaca Province

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Chupaca Province is located in Central Peru and is one of the nine provinces that compose the Junín Region. The province borders to the north with the Concepción Province, to the east with the Huancayo Province, to the south with the Huancavelica Region and to the west with the Lima Region. The province has an approximated population of 57,000 inhabitants and the capital is the city of Chupaca.

1 Geography
2 Administrative districts
3 Places of interest and importance
4 History
5 See also

[edit] Geography

Chupaca meaning "Heroic Province" is located 297 km of Lima, and has a temperate and dry climate. Located within the province is the the Lagoon of Ñahuimpuquio, 15 km to the west of the city of Huancayo, with surface water spanning 7 hectares where the breeding of trouts, mule trips and boating occur.

[edit] Administrative districts

The Province of Chupaca is divided into nine districts:

Chupaca
Ahuac
Chongos Bajo
Huachac
Huamancaca Chico
San Juan de Iscos
San Juan de Jarpa
Tres de Diciembre

[edit] Places of interest and importance

Huayao - 12 km from Huancayo; facilities including a Geophysical Observatory, where meteorological studies, nuclear physics, and other topics are studied.

The Lagoon of Ñahuimpuquio - Its name comes from a word "Quechuá" meaning "Water Eye". It is 5 minutes from the district of Ahuac and 11 kilometers from Huancayo. To the flank of the lagoon is a hill with the archaeological remains of the Arhuaturo.

[edit] History

Furthest back in the known history of the Chupaca Province the Arhuaturo tribe located alongside the Lagoon of Ñahuimpuquio, constructed buildings from stone and mud that aligned to the north and to the south, in such a way that they received all the rays from the sun.

Low the Chongos; a town 20 km to the south of Huancayo has a church dating back to 1540 and has altars carved in baroque style.