Canchis Province

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Canchis
Location of Canchis in the Cusco region
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Founded	October 14, 1833
Capital	Sicuani
Area
Area Elevation (capital)	3,999.27 km²
Population (as of the 2005 Census)
Population - Total - Density	103,974 (2005 census) 26.0/km²
Mayor	Mario Velasquez Roque (2007)
Subdivisions	8 districts
UBIGEO	0806
Official website
www.municanchis.gob.pe

Canchis Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

[edit] Political division

The province is divided into eight districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:

Checacupe (Checacupe)
Combapata (Combopata)
Marangani (Marangani)
Pitumarca (Pitumarca)
San Pablo (San Pablo)
San Pedro (San Pedro)
Sicuani (Sicuani)
Tinta (Tinta)

[edit] History

The Inca ruins at Raqchi are a common tourist attraction on the road between Cusco and Puno.

Following the independence, the province was founded as the Tinta Province. Later, on October 14, 1833 the Tinta Province was divided into two new provinces one of which was the Canchis Province, the other the Canas Province. On August 29, 1834 the city of Sicuani became the official capital of the province.