Department of Huánuco

Coordinates: 8°21′47″S 76°18′56″W / 8.36306°S 76.31556°W / -8.36306; -76.31556
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Huánuco
Departamento de Huánuco (Spanish)
Wanuku suyu (Quechua)
Department
Siula Grande in the Huayhuash
Siula Grande in the Huayhuash
2005 Census)
 • Total730,871
 • Density20/km2 (51/sq mi)
UBIGEO
10
Dialing code062
ISO 3166 codePE-HUC
Principal resources–
Poverty rate78.9%
Percentage of Peru's GDP1%
Websitewww.regionhuanuco.gob.pe
Kotosh-Huanúco
Partial view of Kotosh in the Andes.

Huánuco (Spanish pronunciation:

Ancash regions in the west. Its capital is the city Huánuco
.

Huánuco has a rough topography comprising parts of the

Sierra
and the High Jungle (mountain rim) regions. Being equidistant from the north and the south of the country, it has the privilege of having a mild weather with an average annual temperature of 20 °C (68 °F).

This region is important for its geographical location, history, and for the richness of its land, where the presence of man goes back to ancient times. El Hombre de Lauricocha (Man of

Lauricocha) is among the most distinctive examples, dating from 10,000 BC, as well as Kotosh, where vestiges of the oldest settlement in the Americas
(4200 BC) took place.

Several ethnic groups inhabited this region. However, after a severe resistance, they started to incorporate as part of the

Inca empire
. Huánuco then became part of the Cusco-Cajamarca-Cusco route.

In the beginning of the 19th century, during the emancipation process, Huánuco was one of the first cities to promote Peru's independence. Moreover, a first oath took place in this city on December 15, 1820, after several uprisings in Huamalíes, Huallanca and Ambo.

Political division

Map of the Huánuco region showing its provinces

The region is divided into 11 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular: provincia), which are composed of 75 districts (distritos, singular: distrito).

The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are:

Demographics

Languages

According to the

Huánuco Quechua. The following table shows the results concerning the language learnt first in the Huánuco Region by province:[2]

Province
Quechua
 Aymara Asháninka Another native language Spanish Foreign language Deaf or mute Total
Ambo 13,141 30 9 5 38,840 2 86 52,113
Dos de Mayo 17,399 20 5 11 26,102 6 91 43,634
Huacaybamba 14,920 19 2 2 3,869 1 106 18,919
Huamalies 32,873 44 6 6 28,511 4 226 61,670
Huanuco 60,281 177 73 62 192,886 54 369 253,902
Leoncio Prado 8,990 78 30 82 99,915 19 178 109,292
Marañon 6,073 8 4 7 18,367 - 82 24,541
Pachitea 26,229 56 9 14 29,415 - 107 55,830
Puerto Inca 1,582 81 545 731 25,541 2 59 28,541
Lauricocha 3,415 17 4 8 29,481 - 23 32,948
Yarowilca 18,308 30 6 2 11,633 - 49 30,028
Total 203,211 560 693 930 504,560 88 1,376 711,418
% 28.56 0.08 0.10 0.13 70.92 0.01 0.19 100.00

Places of interest

References

  1. INEI
  2. ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

External links

Huanuco, the capital of the department, was founded on August 15, 1539.

8°21′47″S 76°18′56″W / 8.36306°S 76.31556°W / -8.36306; -76.31556

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