Huaraz Province Explained

Huaraz
Settlement Type:Province
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Peru
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Ancash
Established Title:Founded
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Huaraz
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Eliseo Rori Mautino Ángeles
(2019-2022)
Area Total Km2:2492.91
Elevation M:3052
Population Total:143415
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:UBIGEO
Blank Info Sec1:0201
Website:www.munihuaraz.gob.pe

The Huaraz Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru. It was created on August 5, 1857 during the presidency of Ramón Castilla.[1] Geographically, the province is located over the Callejón de Huaylas and the western slopes of the Cordillera Negra.

The Regional Museum of Archaeology is located in the Huaraz district. Some other highlights of the province are the Pumacayán hill, the hot springs of Monterrey (at 6 km or 4 mi from the city) and the Willkawain archaeological sites,[2] at 13km (08miles) to the north of Huaraz, in village of Paria, in the Independencia district.

Geography

The Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Negra traverse the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are Pucaranra, Chinchey, Tocllaraju and Huantsán. Other mountains are listed below:[3]

At 30 kilometres (20 mi) from Huaraz, by the route HuarazCasma that crosses the Cordillera Negra, there is a place named Punta Callan in the summit of this mountain range. It offers a panoramic sight of the Cordillera Blanca and the Callejón de Huaylas.

Political division

Huaraz is divided into twelve districts, which are the following:

Ethnic groups

The province is inhabited by indigenous and mestizo citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (63.43%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.28% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Alberto Tauro del Pino, Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú, vol. VIII, p. 1220.
  2. Valverde . Guido . Barreto Romero . María Inés . Flores Espinoza . Isabel . Cooper . Alan . Fehren-Schmitz . Lars . Llamas . Bastien . Haak . Wolfgang . 2016-06-01 . Achilli . Alessandro . Ancient DNA Analysis Suggests Negligible Impact of the Wari Empire Expansion in Peru's Central Coast during the Middle Horizon . PLOS ONE . en . 11 . 6 . e0155508 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0155508 . 1932-6203 . 4889149 . 27248693. 2016PLoSO..1155508V . free .
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaraz Province (Ancash Region)
  4. http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe