Bolognesi Province
| Bolognesi | |
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| Province | |
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Waywash mountain range as seen from Chiquián | |
 Location of Bolognesi in the Ancash Region | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Capital | Chiquián |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bladimiro Elias Alvarado Vicuña (2007) |
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The Bolognesi Province is one of 20 provinces of the Ancash Region of Peru.
Geography
The area of the province comprises parts of three Andean mountain ranges with snow-covered mountains: the Cordillera Blanca, the Wallanka mountain range and the Waywash mountain range. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:[1]
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Political division
Bolognesi is divided into fifteen districts, which are:
| District | Mayor |
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| Abelardo Pardo Lezameta | Maximo Pelayo Bravo Laus |
| Antonio Raymondi | Erasmo Benites Bernardo |
| Aquia | Rodmi Vasquez Damian |
| Cajacay | Joaquin Edmundo Castillo Sarazu |
| Canis | Hugo Leonid Aldave Huaman |
| Chiquián | Bladimiro Elias Alvarado Vicuña |
| Colquioc | Jose Levila Junior |
| Huallanca | Teofilo Marcos Cervantes |
| Huasta | Teofanes Alva Valderrama |
| Huayllacayán | Marcial Dedicacion Ramos Luna |
| La Primavera | Juscelino Ruiz Atachagua |
| Mangas | Mariano Rojas Garcia |
| Pacllón | Adhemir Carrera Padilla |
| San Miguel de Corpanqui | Jose Manuel Solis Obregon |
| Ticllos | Jorge Carhuachin Serna |
Ethnic groups
The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (84.05%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.43% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
Sources
- ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)
- ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
Coordinates: 10°09′00″S 77°10′59″W / 10.15000°S 77.18306°W