Huaylas Province


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

Geography

The Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Negra traverse the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are Artesonraju, Chacraraju, Quitaraju, Pucajirca, Pucaraju and Huandoy. Other mountains are listed below:
Some of the largest lakes of the province are Arwayqucha, Hatunqucha, Ichikqucha, Pukaqucha, Quyllurqucha, Tawlliqucha and Wiqruqucha.

Political division

Huaylas is divided into ten districts, which are:
DistrictMayorMap
CarazRenson Martínez Canchumani
HuallancaN
HuataMiguel Abilio Terry Guerrero
HuaylasJose Felipe Espinoza Caballero
MatoVictor Hilario Jamanca Cueva
PamparomasRolando Roger Murillo Loayza
Pueblo LibrePaul Cristian Diaz Vasquez
Santa CruzGustavo Odiel Chavez Crispin
Santo ToribioFlorentino Felipe Villafana Pajuelo
YuracmarcaCarlos Raul Hernandez Cottos

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, 42.59% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language.