Huancavelica Province

Huancavelica
Province
Huancavelica
Location of Huancavelica in the Huancavelica Region
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Capital	Huancavelica
Government
• Mayor	Pedro Antonio Palomino Pastrana (2007)
Area
• Total	4,215.56 km2 (1,627.64 sq mi)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	136,975
• Density	32/km2 (84/sq mi)
UBIGEO	0901

The Huancavelica Province is one of seven provinces located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Huancavelica.

Boundaries

• North: Tayacaja Province
• East: Acobamba Province, Churcampa Province and Angaraes Province
• South: Huaytará Province and Castrovirreyna Province
• West: Lima Region and Junín Region

Geography

There are a couple of large lakes in the province like Anqasqucha, Astuqucha, Chiliqucha, Chunchuqucha, Kanllaqucha, Milluqucha, Papaqucha, Qiwllaqucha, Tipiqucha, Warmiqucha and Ñawinqucha some of which belong to the largest lakes of Peru.

The Chunta mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:^[1]

Political division

The province is divided into nineteen districts, which are:

• Acobambilla (Acobambilla)
• Acoria (Acoria)
• Ascensión (Ascención)
• Conayca (Conayca)
• Cuenca (Cuenca)
• Huachocolpa (Huachocolpa)
• Huancavelica (Huancavelica)
• Huando (Huando)
• Huayllahuara (Huayllahuara)
• Izcuchaca (Izcuchaca)
• Laria (Laria)
• Manta (Manta)
• Mariscal Cáceres (Mariscal Cáceres)
• Moya (Moya)
• Nuevo Occoro (Occoro)
• Palca (Palca)
• Pilchaca (Pilchaca)
• Vilca (Vilca)
• Yauli (Yauli)

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (55.06%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.70% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

See also

• Uchkus Inkañan

Sources

Coordinates: 12°47′09″S 74°58′22″W / 12.78583°S 74.97278°W / -12.78583; -74.97278