Huari Province
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Huari | ||
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Province | ||
The site of Chavín de Huantar | ||
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Location of Huari in the Ancash Region | ||
Country | Peru | |
Region | Ancash | |
Capital | Huari | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Edwards Delfio Vizcarra Zorrilla | |
Area | ||
• Total | 2,771.9 km2 (1,070.2 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 3,149 m (10,331 ft) | |
Population | ||
• Total | 59,301 | |
• Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) | |
Website | www.munihuari.gob.pe |
The Huari Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru. The famous Chavín de Huantar archaeological site is located in this province.[1]
Political division
Huari is divided into sixteen districts, which are:
DISTRICT | MAYOR |
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Anra | Francisco Santiago Bazan |
Cajay | Elias Morales Mendoza |
Chavín de Huantar | Justino Zenon Montes Colcas |
Huacachi | Filoter Americo Montalvo Espinoza |
Huacchis | Serafin Perez Remigio |
Huachis | Epifanio Rios Ocaña |
Huantar | Renan Wilfredo Trejo Garcia |
Huari | Edwards Delfio Vizcarra Zorrilla |
Masin | N |
Paucas | Robert Pompeo Benites Meza |
Ponto | Hector Anibal Quiñones Ortega |
Rahuapampa | Pedro Quispe Huallpa |
Rapayan | Berino Olortegui Urbano |
San Marcos | Felix Melecio Solorzano Leyva |
San Pedro de Chana | Juvenil Pompeyo Villajuan Collazos |
Uco | Teodoro Tarazona Principe |
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (78.05%) learnt to speak in childhood, 21.49% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
References
- ↑ (Spanish) Official web site of the Huari Province
- ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
External links
(Spanish) Official web site of the Huari Province
Coordinates: 9°22′08″S 77°14′13″W / 9.36889°S 77.23694°W
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