Yungay Province


The Yungay Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru.

Geography

The Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Negra traverse the province. Waskaran, the highest elevation of Peru, lies on the border to the Carhuaz Province. Chakrarahu, Chopicalqui, Tullparahu and Yanarahu belong to the highest peaks of the province. Other mountains are listed below:

Political division

Yungay is divided into eight districts, which are:
DistrictMayor
CascaparaJorge Roberto Infante Jara
MancosJavier Julian Espinoza Leandro
MatacotoPedro Hercilio Bejar Colonia
QuilloLuis Antonio Palomino Palacios
RanrahircaJuan Richer Julca Morales
ShupluyGuillermo Julian Ybarra Giraldo
YanamaLucio Pedro Julca Cordova
YungayFernando Ciro Casio Consolación

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, 26.48 % of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language.