Churcampa Province Explained

Churcampa
Settlement Type:	Province
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Peru
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Huancavelica
Established Title:	Founded
Seat Type:	Capital
Seat:	Churcampa
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Robert Juan Rojas Meza (2007)
Area Total Km2:	1232.45
Population Total:	42755
Population Density Km2:	auto
Blank Name Sec1:	UBIGEO
Blank Info Sec1:	0905

The Churcampa Province is a province located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. It is one of the seven that make up that region. The capital of the province is Churcampa.

Boundaries

• North: Tayacaja Province
• East: Ayacucho Region
• South: Acobamba Province
• West: Huancavelica Province

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:

Political division

The province is divided into eleven districts, which are:

• Anco (La Esmeralda)
• Chinchihuasi (Chinchihuasi)
• Churcampa (Churcampa)
• El Carmen (Paucarbambilla)
• La Merced (La Merced)
• Lacroja (Locroja)
• Pachamarca (Pachamarca)
• Paucarbamba (Paucarbamba)
• San Miguel de Mayocc (Mayocc)
• San Pedro de Coris (San Pedro de Coris)
• Cosme (Santa Clara de Cosme)

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.46% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe