Mariscal Cáceres Province ( es, Provincia de Mariscal Cáceres) is one of the

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 San Martín Region,

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. Its capital is the town Juanjui. It was created by a law of the Peruvian congress during the presidency of

Manuel Prado Ugarteche Manuel Carlos Prado y Ugarteche (April 21, 1889 – August 15, 1967) was a banker who served twice as President of Peru. Son of former president Mariano Ignacio Prado, he was born in Lima and served as the nation's 43rd (1939 - 1945) and 46th (1 ...

. The province is named after the 19th-century Peruvian president

Andrés Avelino Cáceres Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray (November 10, 1836 – October 10, 1923) served as the President of Peru two times during the 19th century, from 1886 to 1890 as the 27th President of Peru, and again from 1894 to 1895 as the 30th Preside ...

Political division

Mariscal Cáceres Province is divided into five districts: * Campanilla District, centered in the settlement Campanilla * Huicungo District, centered in the settlement Huicungo *

Juanjui District Juanjuí District is one of five Districts of Peru, districts of the province Mariscal Cáceres Province, Mariscal Cáceres in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. R ...

, centered in the town Juanjui * Pachiza District, centered in the settlement Pachiza * Pajarillo District, centered in the settlement Pajarillo

References

Provinces of the San Martín Region {{SanMartín-geo-stub