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Huancavelica () is a department and region in
Peru
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with an area of and a population of 347,639 (
2017 census). The capital is the city
Huancavelica
Huancavelica () or Wankawillka in Quechua is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the department of Huancavelica and according to the 2017 census had a population of 49,570 people. The city was established on August 5, 1572 by the Viceroy ...
. The region is bordered by the departments of
Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...
and
Ica in the west,
Junín in the north, and
Ayacucho
Ayacucho (, qu, Ayak'uchu) is the capital city of Ayacucho Region and of Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru.
During the Inca Empire and Viceroyalty of Peru periods the city was known by the name of Huamanga (Quechua: Wamanga), and it c ...
in the east.
Political division
The department is divided into seven
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 ou ...
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Province (Capital)
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Acobamba Province
The Acobamba Province is the smallest of seven provinces located in the Department of Huancavelica of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Acobamba.
Boundaries
*North: Churcampa Province
*East: Ayacucho Region
*South: Angaraes Provin ...
(
Acobamba)
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Angaraes Province
The Angaraes Province is one of seven provinces located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Lircay.
Boundaries
*North: Acobamba Province
*East: Ayacucho Region
*South: Huaytará Province
*West: Huancav ...
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Lircay)
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Castrovirreyna Province (
Castrovirreyna
Castrovirreyna is a town in central Peru, capital of Castrovirreyna Province in Huancavelica Region
Huancavelica () is a department and region in Peru with an area of and a population of 347,639 ( 2017 census). The capital is the city Huan ...
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Churcampa Province
The Churcampa Province is a province located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. It is one of the seven that make up that region. The capital of the province is Churcampa.
Boundaries
*North: Tayacaja Province
*East: Ayacucho Region
*South: Acoba ...
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Churcampa Churcampa is a town in Peru. It is the capital of Churcampa District and Churcampa Province in the Huancavelica region
Huancavelica () is a department and region in Peru with an area of and a population of 347,639 ( 2017 census). The capital i ...
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Huancavelica Province
The Huancavelica Province is one of seven provinces located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Huancavelica.
Boundaries
*North: Tayacaja Province
*East: Acobamba Province, Churcampa Province and Angara ...
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Huancavelica
Huancavelica () or Wankawillka in Quechua is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the department of Huancavelica and according to the 2017 census had a population of 49,570 people. The city was established on August 5, 1572 by the Viceroy ...
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Huaytará Province
Huaytará Province is the largest of seven provinces located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. The capital city is Huaytará. The province has a population of 17,247 inhabitants as of 2017.
Boundaries
*North: Castrovirreyna Province, Huancaveli ...
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Huaytará
Huaytará is a town in central Peru, capital of the Huaytará Province, Huancavelica
Huancavelica () or Wankawillka in Quechua is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the department of Huancavelica and according to the 2017 census had a ...
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Tayacaja Province
The Tayacaja Province is one of seven provinces located in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Pampas. The province has a population of 116,371 inhabitants as of 2002.
Boundaries
*North: Junín Region
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(
Pampas
The Pampas (from the qu, pampa, meaning "plain") are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazi ...
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The main cities are Huancavelica, Pampas and Lircay. There are many little districts like Querco in Huancavelica. Querco is a nice little town. Most of the residents are agricultors. They own cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, mules, llamas, goats, chickens, and donkeys.
Demographics
The region is mostly inhabited by indigenous people of
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
descent.
Languages
According to the
2007 Peru Census, the language learnt first by most of the residents was
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
(64.03%) followed by
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
(35.67%). The Quechua variety spoken in Huancavelica is
Chanka Quechua
Ayacucho (also called Chanca or Chanka after the local Chanca people, Chanka ethnicity that dominated the area before the Inca Empire, Inca conquest) is a variety of Southern Quechua spoken in the Ayacucho Region, Peru, as well as by immigrants f ...
. The following table shows the results concerning the language learnt first in the department of Huancavelica by province:
inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
Education
The National University of Huancavelica is the only university in the region and it has branches in Pampas, Lircay, Acobamba and Castrovirreyna.
Health
The region has two hospitals located in Huancavelica and Pampas. There are clinics and medical post in most of the towns.
Transportation
The region is connected with the neighboring regions by national roads, which are paved in most cases. There are regional and local roads that are serving the towns of the regions. Huancavelica has a train service with the city of Huancayo
Huancayo (; in qu, label=Wanka Quechua, Wankayuq , '(place) with a (sacred) rock') is the capital of Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru.
Location
Huancayo is located in Huancayo Province, of which it is also the capital. Sit ...
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Notable natives
* Lina Medina
Lina Marcela Medina de Jurado (; born 23 September 1933) is a Peruvian woman who became the youngest confirmed mother in history when she gave birth on 14 May 1939, aged five years, seven months, and 21 days. Based on the medical assessments o ...
, world's youngest mother
Authorities
* Governor: Rubén Alva Ochoa (2015–2018)
See also
* Aknuqucha
Lake Agnococha (possibly from Quechua ''aknu'' beautiful, ''qucha'' lake) is a lake in Peru located in the Huancavelica Region, Castrovirreyna Province, Santa Ana District. It is situated at a height of approximately , about 3.54 km long an ...
* Chunta mountain range
* Chuqlluqucha
Choclococha (possibly from Quechua ''chuqllu'' corncob, ''qucha'' lake, "corncob lake") is a large lake in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. It is situated in the Castrovirreyna Province, Santa Ana District and in the Huaytará Province, Pilpic ...
* Inka Wasi
* Urququcha
* Warmiqucha
Huarmicocha (possibly from Quechua ''warmi'' woman, wife, ''qucha'' lake, "woman's lake") is a large lake in Peru located in the Huancavelica Region, Huancavelica Province
The Huancavelica Province is one of seven provinces located in the Huanca ...
Sources
External links
Official regional site
Official municipal site
Huancavelica
Huancavelica () or Wankawillka in Quechua is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the department of Huancavelica and according to the 2017 census had a population of 49,570 people. The city was established on August 5, 1572 by the Viceroy ...
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