Corongo Province

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Corongo
Location of Corongo in the Ancash region
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Capital	Corongo
Mayor	JULIO FELIX DE LA CRUZ ARAMBURU (2007)
Subdivisions	7 districts
Official website
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The Corongo Province is one of 20 provinces of the Ancash Region of Peru.

The city of Corongo is the capital of the province of the same name, is located in the north of the Department of Ancash, to 3,141 m.s

Their geographical coordinateses are 77º54'37 "west longitude and 8º30'34" South latitude.

The city of Corongo is located in a calm valley by where the river of the same name runs, it has 7 districts: Corongo, Aco, Bambas, Cuzca, the Pampas, Yanac and Yupán, and limits with the following provinces: by the north and the west with the one of Pallasca, by the east with the one of Sihuas and by the south with those of Huaylas and Santa. The province of Corongo has approximately 11,090 inhabitants, (source: Provincial municipality Corongo) distributed in the urban zone and mainly in the countryside. The district of Corongo has approximately 2,515 inhabitants (census of 1993 INEI). Corongo has a great variety of places to visistar, specially lagoons located by the high parts of the province, is reccorrido in which approximately 15 beautiful lagoons are observed, also are the thermal baths of Aticara and Pacatqui.

[edit] Political division

Corongo is divided into seven districts, which are:

DISTRICT	MAYOR
Aco	Eustaquio Sanchez Asencio
Bambas	Enrique Soto Fajardo
Corongo	Julio Felix De La Cruz Aramburusin Rokiuno Joki
Cusca	Angel Aquelino Dominguez Murillo
La Pampa	Eusebio Aniceto Minaya Mendez
Yanac	Manuel Pedro Mateo Barrionuevo
Yupan	Walther Teobaldo Antivo Calvo

v • d • e Provinces of Ancash Region \| Peru

Aija \| Antonio Raymondi \| Asunción \| Bolognesi \| Carhuaz \| Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald \| Casma \| Corongo \| Huaraz \| Huari \| Huarmey \| Huaylas \| Mariscal Luzuriaga \| Ocros \| Pallasca \| Pomabamba \| Recuay \| Santa \| Sihuas \| Yungay