Aija Province


The Aija Province is one of 20 provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru.

Geography

The Cordillera Negra traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:

Political division

Aija is divided into five districts, which are:
DistrictMayor
AijaGerman Ignacio Hizo Requena
CorisMamerto Antonio Chavez Quiñones
HuacllanWenceslao Lorenzo Hidalgo Gomero
La MercedManuel Dario Manrique Mejia
SucchaAquiles Florencio Ortiz Leon

Ethnic groups

The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood, while 37.70% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language.