The Huamalíes Province is one of eleven

provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

of the

Huánuco Region Huánuco (; qu, Wanuku) is a city in central Peru. It had a population of 196,627 as of 2017 and in 2015 it had a population of 175,068. It is the capital of the Huánuco Region and the Huánuco District. It is the seat of the diocese of Huán ...

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. The capital of this province is the city of Llata.

Boundaries

*North: Huacaybamba Province *East:

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 ...

*South:

Dos de Mayo Province The Dos de Mayo Province (literally ''May 2'') is one of eleven Provinces of Peru, provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of La Unión, Huánuco, La Unión. Boundaries *North: Huamalíes Province *East: ...

*West:

Ancash Region Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital i ...

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:

Political division

The province is divided into eleven districts, which are: * Arancay ( Arancay) * Chavín de Pariarca ( Chavín de Pariarca) * Jacas Grande ( Jacas Grande) * Jircan ( Jircan) * Llata ( Llata) * Miraflores ( Miraflores) *

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(

) * Punchao ( Punchao) * Puños ( Puños) * Singa ( Singa) * Tantamayo ( Tantamayo)

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly

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citizens of

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descent.

is the language which the majority of the population (53.30%) learnt to speak in childhood, 46.23% of the residents started speaking using the

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language ( 2007 Peru Census).inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

Archaeology

Some of the most important archaeological sites of the province are

Anku Anku (Quechua for tendon, nerve, slim (person), elastic, flexible,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) Hispanicized spelling ''Ango'') is an archaeological site in Peru. ...

Awila Qhincha Mach'ay Ahuila Gencha Machay (possibly from Quechua ''awila'' grandmother a borrowing from Spanish ''abuela'', ''qhincha'' bad luck, unlucky person, unlucky, ''qincha'' hedge, fence, ''mach'ay'' cave)David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, ...

, Awkin Punta, Awqa Punta, Isuq, K'ipakhara, Miyu Pampa, Phiruru, Pumaq Hirka,

Qillqay Mach'ay Quillcay Machay or Qillqay Mach'ay (Quechua ''qillqay'' to write, ''mach'ay'' cave,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): ''Mach'ay'' - '' ...

, Susupillu, Urpish, Wanqaran and Wat'a, some of which were declared a National Cultural Heritage.

References