Marañón Province


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.

Boundaries

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 learned to speak in childhood, 24.75% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language.