Santa Cruz Province, Peru
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Santa Cruz Province is a province in the Cajamarca Region of Peru, with its capital at Santa Cruz de Succhabamba. The province has an area of 1,417.93 km² and the government population estimate for 2002 is 49,302, with the 1993 census showing a population of 44,571. Agriculture is the predominant economic activity.
[edit] Geography
Santa Cruz Province's land area is 1,423 km², 4.2% of the total of the Cajamarca Region. It is mostly mountainous in relief. It is located on the Western Mountain range of the Andes and is bounded by the mountains that descend to the coast and the deep rivers that carve the mountains. Its lowest elevation is in the Saña River, near the small village of Pan de Azucar, 265 meters above sea level, and highest in the Cerro Cimarrones, 3,600 meters above sea level, south of the town of Pulán.
It is bounded to the North by Chota, to the East by Hualgayoc and Chota, to the South by San Miguel, and to the West by Lambayeque.
The climate is varied with an average temperature of 22° C. in the Chala area and 17° C. in the Yunga area.
[edit] Political
The province of Santa Cruz was created from Decree Law No. 11328, on April 21, 1951, and signed by the Military Meeting of Government of General Manuel To Odría. Sealing this decree was General Don Jose of the Carmen Cabrejo Mejía, as Minister of Promotion and Public Works.
It is divided into the following administrative districts: Andabamba, Catache, Chancayba-os, La Esperanza, Ninabamba, Pulan, Santa Cruz, Saucepampa, Sexi, Uticyacu, and Yauyucan.
The capital is Santa Cruz de Succhabamba, 1,941 meters above sea level.
