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Leoncio Prado Province
The Leoncio Prado Province is one of eleven provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Tingo María. The province was named after the Peruvian mariner Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez. Boundaries *North: San Martín Region *East: Ucayali Region *South: Puerto Inca Province, Pachitea Province and Huánuco Province *West: Marañón Province, Dos de Mayo Province, Huacaybamba Province and Huamalíes Province Political division The province is divided into six districts, which are: * Daniel Alomías Robles (Pumahuasi) * Hermilio Valdizán ( Hermilio Valdizán) * José Crespo Y Castillo ( Aucayacu) * Luyando ( Naranjillo) * Mariano Dámaso Beraun (las Palmas) * Rupa-Rupa (Tingo María) Ethnic groups The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (91.42%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.23 % of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Peru
The provinces of Peru () are the second-level administrative subdivisions of the country. They are divided into Districts of Peru, districts ( es, distritos, links=no). There are 196 provinces in Peru, grouped into 25 Regions of Peru, regions, except for Lima Province which does not belong to any region. This makes an average of seven provinces per region. The region with the fewest provinces is Callao (one) and the region with the most is Ancash Region, Ancash (twenty). While provinces in the sparsely populated Amazon rain forest of eastern Peru tend to be larger, there is a large concentration of them in the north-central area of the country. The province with the fewest districts is Purús Province, with just one district. The province with the most districts is Lima Province, with 43 districts. The most common number of districts per province is eight; a total of 29 provinces share this number of districts. Provinces table The table below shows all provinces with their capit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |