Jauja Province is a

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vian province. It is one of the nine provinces of the

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. To the north it borders with the Yauli,

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and Chanchamayo Provinces. To the east with the

Satipo Province Satipo Province ( es, Provincia de Satipo) is the largest and easternmost province in the Junín Region, located in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru. Its capital is the town of Satipo. Geography The Satipo Province borders the provinces of ...

, to the south with the Concepción Province and to the west with the

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. The capital of the Jauja Province is the city of

Jauja Jauja (Shawsha Wanka Quechua: Sausa, Shawsha or Shausha, formerly in Spanish Xauxa, with pronunciation of "x" as "sh") is a city and capital of Jauja Province in Peru. It is situated in the fertile Mantaro Valley, to the northwest of Huancayo ( ...

(Quechua: Shausha or Sausa). The city was founded by

Francisco Pizarro Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess of the Atabillos (; ; – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of Peru. Born in Trujillo, Spain to a poor family, Pizarro chose ...

as the first capital of Peru. Before the arrival of the

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the province was called ''Hatun Xauxa'' (Quechua spelling variants: Hatun Shawsha or Hatun Sausa) and it was the main center of the nation ''Hatunwanka Xauxa'', that consisted of Tawantinsuyu after the expansion of Pachakutiq

Inca The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...

Geography

The province lies in the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve. The

Paryaqaqa Pariacaca, Paria Caca'','' Paryaqaqa, Parya Qaqa, (possibly from Quechua ''parya'' reddish; copper; sparrow, ''qaqa'' rock) or Tullujuto (possibly from Quechua ''tullu'' bone, ''qutu'' heap, "bone heap") is the highest mountain in the Pariacaca ...

mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest mountains of the province is

(Tulluqutu) at . Other mountain are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Jauja Province (Junín Region) Some of the largest lakes of the province are Antaqucha,

Asulqucha Lake Azulcocha (possibly from Spanish ''azul'', blue; and Quechua ''qucha,'' lake) is a lake in the Pariacaca mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Jauja Province, Canchayllo District. It lies northwest of Paria ...

, Challwaqucha, Llaksaqucha, Mankhaqucha, Pumaqucha, Qarwaqucha, Ñawinqucha,

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 ...

Wich'iqucha Huichicocha (possibly from Quechua ''wich'i'' a large, wide-mouthed pitcher, ''qucha'' lake, "pitcher lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Huichicocha'' and ''Huisquicocha'' where the Quechua word 'wiski' ''(huisqui)'', a borrowing from English, mean ...

and Yuraqqucha.

Political division

The Province of Jauja is divided into 34 districts:

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