Marañón | |
Settlement Type: | Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Huánuco |
Established Title: | Founded |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Huacrachuco |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Anibal Valverde |
Area Total Km2: | 4801.50 |
Population Total: | 24734 |
Population Footnotes: | |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 1007 |
The Marañón Province is one of eleven provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Huacrachuco. The province has a population of 23,000 inhabitants as of 2002.
The province is divided into three districts, which are:
The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (74.84%) learned to speak in childhood, 24.75% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).[1]