| Yauyos | |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Peru |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lima |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Yauyos |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Elva Filomena Dionisio Inga (2019-2022) |
| Area Total Km2: | 6901.58 |
| Elevation M: | 2874 |
| Population Total: | 20463 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 1510 |
The Yauyos Province is a province located in the Lima Region of Peru. It is one of the eleven that make up that region.
The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve lies in the Yauyos Province. Aqupallqa, Llunk'uti, Qutuni, Runchu, T'uru and Wankarqucha of the Cordillera Central of Peru belong to the highest mountains of the province. They all reach altitudes above 5000m (16,000feet). Other mountains of the province include:[1]
Some of the largest lakes of the province are listed below:[1]
During the 2007 Peru earthquake, Yauyos suffered major damage.
The capital of this province is the city of Yauyos. The province extends over an area of 6901.58km2 and is divided into 33 districts:
The province has a population of 28,000 inhabitants as of 2002. One distinctive cultural trait of the province is that the Tupe district is home to the small ethnic minority who speak the indigenous Jaqaru/Kawki language, a linguistic curiosity as the only surviving relative of Aymara, spoken far to the south in the Altiplano. Besides that, several archaic Quechua dialects are spoken in some districts (Huacarpana, Apurí, Madean, Viñac, Azángaro, Huangáscar, Chocos, Cacra, Hongos, Tanta, Lincha, Tomás, Alis, Huancaya, Vitis, and Laraos). However, all these dialects and languages, respectively, are in danger of extinction.