The Oxapampa Province ( es, Provincia de Oxapampa) is the largest of three

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 ...

that make up the

Pasco Region Pasco () is a department and region in central Peru. Its capital is Cerro de Pasco. Political division The region is divided into 3 provinces ( es, provincias, singular: ), which are composed of 28 districts (''distritos'', singular: ''distrito ...

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. The capital of the Oxapampa province is the city of

Oxapampa Oxapampa is the capital of Oxapampa District and Oxapampa Province in Peru in the eastern part of the Pasco Region. . Oxapampa belongs to the natural region known as Selva Alta or high jungle. northward down the valley of the Huancabamba River ...

. The province is located on the eastern slopes of the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

reaching down to the lowlands of the

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. The high point of the province is approximately in elevation near the summit of

Huaguruncho Huaguruncho, Tarataescale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Pasco Province (Pasco Region) or Huagaruncho is a mountain in the Huaguruncho mountain range in the Andes of Peru. Its highest peak, officially named Tarata, is located in the Pasco Reg ...

mountain in the

Huancabamba District Huancabamba District is one of eight districts of the province Huancabamba in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informat ...

and the low point is approximately on the

Pachitea River The Pachitea River is a river in Peru. It is a tributary of 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 ...

in the

Constitución District Constitución District is one of eight districts of the province Oxapampa in Peru. Distrito de ConstitucióOfficial municipal website Its capital is the town of Ciudad Constitucion Ciudad () is the Spanish word for City Ciudad may also refer to ...

. The

Cerro de la Sal The Cerro de la Sal or Cerro de Sal, (''Mountain of Salt'') is located in Villa Rica District of Oxapampa Province in Pasco Department, Peru. The Cerro de la Sal was an important source of salt for the pre-Columbian indigenous people of the ...

, an important source of salt for the

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of the Amazon Basin since pre-historic times is located in the

Villa Rica District Villa Rica District is one of eight Districts of Peru, districts of Oxapampa Province in Pasco Department, Peru. The district has an area of and a population of 18,673 in 2017. The capital of the district is the town of Villa Rica which had a pop ...

of the province. The southeastern part of the province is the location of the

Gran Pajonal The Gran Pajonal (Great Scrubland or Great Savanna) is an isolated interfluvial plateau in the Amazon Basin of Peru. It is located in the departments of Ucayali, Pasco and Junín. The plateau is inhabited by the Asháninka or Ashéninka people ...

(Great Grassland), an elevated plateau occupied by the

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 ...

people. Oxapampa is best known for the colonists from

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and

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who established one of the first European settlements (in Peru) east of the Andes in remote

Pozuzo District Pozuzo District is one of eight districts of the Oxapampa Province in the Pasco Department of Peru. The two towns in the district are the capital, Pozuzo, population 1,366 in 2017, and Prusia, which is smaller. Pozuzo District is best known for ...

in 1859 and founded the towns of

in 1891 and Villa Rica in 1928. German influence remain in the architecture and culture of these districts.

Political divisions

The Oxapampa Province is divided into eight

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s ( es, distritos, singular: ), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''): Prov_Oxa

Places of interest

El Sira Communal Reserve El Sira Communal Reserve ( es, Reserva Comunal El Sira) is a protected area in Peru created to preserve the biodiversity of the Sira Mountains and the ancestral sustainable use of the area's resources by the nearby native peoples. It also protec ...

San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest The San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest (Bosque de Protección San Matías-San Carlos) is a national forest situated in Pasco Region, Peru. It is a forest set aside to preserve the soils and to protect infrastructure, towns, and agricul ...

Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillén) is a protected area located in the region of Pasco, Peru. It preserves part of the rainforests and cloud forests of central Peru. Ecology Flora Forests occupy a ...

Yanesha Communal Reserve The Communal Reservation Yanesha or Yanesha Community Reserve is a communal reserve in the Palcazu District of Oxapampa Province of Peru. It covers an area of in the Palcazu River basin. The reserve was creating by law on April 28, 1988, to prot ...

References

External links

Official web site of the Oxapampa Province

Pozuzo Information
{{Authority control Provinces of the Pasco Region