The Tayacaja Province is one of 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 outsi ...
located 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 is the city Huancavelica. The region is bordered by the departments of Lima and Ica in the west, JunÃn in the north, ...
of
Peru
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. The capital of this province is the city of Pampas. The province has a population of 116,371 inhabitants as of 2002.
Boundaries
*North:
JunÃn Region JunÃn may refer to:
Places Argentina
*JunÃn Partido
**JunÃn, Buenos Aires
*** JunÃn Airport
* JunÃn Department, Mendoza
** JunÃn, Mendoza
* JunÃn Department, San Luis
*JunÃn de los Andes, Neuquén
Colombia
*JunÃn, Cundinamarca
*Junà ...
*East:
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 ...
,
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: Acobam ...
*South:
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 ...
*West:
JunÃn Region JunÃn may refer to:
Places Argentina
*JunÃn Partido
**JunÃn, Buenos Aires
*** JunÃn Airport
* JunÃn Department, Mendoza
** JunÃn, Mendoza
* JunÃn Department, San Luis
*JunÃn de los Andes, Neuquén
Colombia
*JunÃn, Cundinamarca
*Junà ...
Political division
Tayacaja is divided into eighteen
districts
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, which are:
*
Acostambo (Acostambo)
*
Acraquia (Acraquia)
*
Ahuaycha
Ahuaycha District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.30%) le ...
(
Ahuaycha
Ahuaycha District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.30%) le ...
)
*
Colcabamba (
Colcabamba)
*
Daniel Hernández (
Mariscal Cáceres)
*
Huachocolpa (
Huachocolpa)
*
Huaribamba (Huaribamba)
*
Ñahuimpuquio (
Ñahuimpuquio)
*
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 RÃos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazil ...
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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 RÃos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazil ...
)
*
Pazos (Pazos)
*
Quishuar (
Quishuar)
*
Salcabamba (
Salcabamba)
*
Salcahuasi (
Salcahuasi)
*
San Marcos de Rocchac (
San Marcos de Rocchac)
*
Surcubamba (Surcubamba)
*
Tintay Puncu (Tintay)
*
Andaymarca (Andaymarca)
*
Quichuas (
Quichuas)
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Chawpi Urqu at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly
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 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.
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 ...
is the language which the majority of the population (65.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 34.51% of the residents started speaking using the
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
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
language (
2007 Peru Census
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de EstadÃstica e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...
).
inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
See also
* Inka Mach'ay
* Llaqta Qulluy
* Pirwayuq
* Tampu Mach'ay
Sources
Provinces of the Huancavelica Region
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