Huari Province


The Huari Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru. Its seat is Huari.

Geography

The Cordillera Blanca traverses the western part of the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are Rurichinchay and Wantsan. Other mountains are listed below:

Political division

Huari is divided into sixteen districts, which are:
DistrictMayor
AnraFrancisco Santiago Bazan
CajayElias Morales Mendoza
Chavín de HuantarJustino Zenon Montes Colcas
HuacachiFiloter Americo Montalvo Espinoza
HuacchisSerafin Perez Remigio
HuachisEpifanio Rios Ocaña
HuantarRenan Wilfredo Trejo Garcia
HuariEdwards Delfio Vizcarra Zorrilla
MasinN
PaucasRobert Pompeo Benites Meza
PontoHector Anibal Quiñones Ortega
RahuapampaPedro Quispe Huallpa
RapayanBerino Olortegui Urbano
San MarcosFelix Melecio Solorzano Leyva
San Pedro de ChanaJuvenil Pompeyo Villajuan Collazos
UcoTeodoro Tarazona Principe

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 21.49% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language.

Archaeological sites

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Chavín de Huantar is the most famous archaeological site of the province. Another remarkable place with cave paintings and stone tombs is Markahirka.