La Convención Province is the largest of thirteen
provinces
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in the
Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...
in the southern highlands of
Peru
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.
As part of the higher-altitude
Amazon basin
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at the foot of the Andes, La Convención is one of three Peruvian provinces that prominently figure in national
coffee
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production, the other being
Chanchamayo province in
Junín state and
Jaén province in
Cajamarca
Cajamarca (), also known by the Quechua name, ''Kashamarka'', is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes. It is located in the northern highlands of Peru ...
state.
Geography
The La Convención Province is bounded to the north by the
Junín Region Junín may refer to:
Places Argentina
*Junín Partido
**Junín, Buenos Aires
*** Junín Airport
* Junín Department, Mendoza
** Junín, Mendoza
* Junín Department, San Luis
*Junín de los Andes, Neuquén
Colombia
*Junín, Cundinamarca
*Juní ...
and the
Ucayali Region
Ucayali () is an inland department and region of Peru. Located in the Amazon rainforest, its name is derived from the Ucayali River. Its capital is the city of Pucallpa. It is the second largest department in Peru, after Loreto.
Geography
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, to the east by the
Madre de Dios Region
Madre de Dios (, en, Mother of God) is a department and region in southeastern Peru, bordering Brazil, Bolivia and the Peruvian departments of Puno, Cusco and Ucayali, in the Amazon Basin. Its capital is the city of Puerto Maldonado. It is als ...
, to the south by the
Anta Province
Anta Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
Geography
The Willkapampa mountain range traverses the province. The highest peak of the province is Sallqantay at . Other mountains are listed ...
, the
Calca Province and the
Urubamba Province
Urubamba Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
Geography
The province is bounded to the north by the La Convención Province, to the east by the Calca Province, to the south by the Cusco ...
, and to the west by the
Ayacucho Region
Ayacucho () is a department and region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit in the 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path known as ...
and the
Apurímac Region Apurímac is the name of:
*Apurímac River, a river in the south-eastern parts of central Perú
*Apurímac Region, a region in the south-eastern parts of central Perú
*Three albums by the German new-age band Cusco:
** ''Apurimac'' (album)
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.
La Convención province is approximately long from north to south. Within that distance, the land of La Convención reaches has a maximum elevation of at
Salcantay
Salcantay, Salkantay or Sallqantay (in Quechua) is the highest peak in the Vilcabamba mountain range, part of the Peruvian Andes. It is located in the Cusco Region, about west-northwest of the city of Cusco. It is the 38th-highest peak in the ...
, on the border of La Convención,
Anta
Anta may refer to:
Biology
* Fava d'anta, a tree found in Brazil
* South American tapir, known in Portuguese as ''
* ''Phytelephas seemannii'', known in Quechua and Choco as ''
Places
* Anta Department, in Salta Province, Argentina
* Anta, a ci ...
, and
Urubamba provinces, and a minimum elevation of in the
Amazon Basin
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along the
Ucayali River
The Ucayali River ( es, Río Ucayali, ) is the main headstream of the Amazon River. It rises about north of Lake Titicaca, in the Arequipa region of Peru and becomes the Amazon at the confluence of the Marañón close to Nauta city. The city of ...
. Between the glaciers and tundra of Salcantay and other high mountains to the
rain forest
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s of the Amazon Basin the topography is extremely rugged and varied.
The
Urupampa and
Willkapampa mountain ranges traverse the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:
Political divisions
The province is divided into fourteen
districts
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( es, distritos, singular: ), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''). The districts are:
Note: The Peruvian government estimates an underenumeration nationwide in the 2017 census of about 6 percent.
Ethnic groups
The province is inhabited by
indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
citizens:
Asháninka
The Asháninka or Asháninca are an indigenous people living in the rainforests of Peru and in the State of Acre, Brazil. Their ancestral lands are in the forests of Junín, Pasco, Huánuco and part of Ucayali in Peru.
Population
The Ashá ...
,
Machiguenga
The Machiguenga (also Matsigenka, Matsigenga) are an indigenous people who live in the high jungle, or''montaña'', area on the eastern slopes of the Andes and in the Amazon Basin jungle regions of southeastern Peru. Their population in 2020 amou ...
,
Yine and
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 ...
.
Spanish
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* 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
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is the language which the majority of the population (51.98%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.82% of the residents started speaking using the
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 ...
language (
2007 Peru Census).
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See also
* Administrative divisions of Peru
The administrative divisions of Peru have changed from time to time since the nation gained independence from Spain in the early 19th century. The old territorial subdivisions have split or merged due to several reasons, the most common ones being ...
Sources
Provinces of the Cusco Region
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