The Yauli Province is one of the nine provinces in

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

that form 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 ...

. It is bordered to the north by 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 ...

and the

Junín Province Junín Province is a province in northwestern Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru. Its capital is the city of Junín. Geography The territory of the province is mountainous and it includes Lake Junin which is the largest lake entire ...

, to the east by the

Tarma Province The Tarma Province is a Peru, Peruvian province, making up one of the nine provinces that conform the Junín Region. To the north it borders with the Junín Province, the east with the Chanchamayo Province, the south with the Jauja Province and th ...

, to the south by the

Jauja Province Jauja Province is a Peruvian province. It is one of the nine provinces of the Junín Region. To the north it borders with the Yauli, Tarma and Chanchamayo Provinces. To the east with the Satipo Province, to the south with the Concepción Prov ...

and to the west by the

Lima Region The Department of Lima () is a department and region located in the central coast of Peru, the ''seat of the Regional Government'' is Huacho. Lima Province, which contains the city of Lima, the country's capital, is located west of the Departmen ...

. The population of the province was estimated at 66,093 inhabitants in 2002. The capital of the Yauli Province is

La Oroya La Oroya is a city on the River Mantaro in central Peru. It is situated on the Andes some 176 km east-north-east of the national capital, Lima, and is capital of the Yauli Province. La Oroya is the location of a smelting operation that ear ...

Geography

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 ...

and

Puwaq Hanka Puwaq Hanka (local Quechua ''puwaq'', eight, ''hanka'' snowcapped peak or ridge, "eight peaks (or ridges)", hispanicized spelling ''Puagjanca'') is a mountain in the Puwaq Hanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in ...

mountain ranges traverse the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Some of the largest lakes of the province are Llaksaqucha, Markapumaqucha,

Markaqucha Lake Markacocha (possibly from Quechua ''marka'' village, ''qucha'' lake)Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua: ''marka'' - ''s. Pueblo o aldea.'' ''qucha'', ''qhucha. ...

, Pumaqucha, Putkaqucha, P'ukruqucha, Tuqtuqucha, Waqraqucha, Waskhaqucha (Carhuacayan) and Waskhaqucha (Morococha).

Political division

The Province of Yauli this divided into ten districts: * Chacapalpa ( Chacapalpa) * Huay-Huay ( Huay-Huay) *

(

) * Marcapomacocha ( Marcapomacocha) * Morococha ( Nueva Morococha) * Paccha ( Paccha) * Santa Barbara de Carhuacayan ( Santa Barbara de Carhuacayan) * Santa Rosa de Sacco ( Santa Rosa de Sacco) * Suitucancha ( Suitucancha) * Yauli ( Yauli)

Archaeology

The archaeological site of

Iskuqucha Iskuqucha ( Quechua ''isku'' lime, ''qucha'' lake, "lime lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Izcucocha'') is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Junín Region Junín may refer to: Places Argentina *Junín Partido ** Junín, Buenos ...

was declared a National Cultural Heritage in 2010.

References

{{Authority control Provinces of the Junín Region