Huánuco () is a department and region in central

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. It is bordered by the La Libertad, San Martín, Loreto and

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regions in the north, the Ucayali Region in the east, the

Pasco Region Pasco () is a department and region in central Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in ...

in the south and the

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

and

Ancash Ancash (; ) is a department and region in western Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is the city of Huaraz, an ...

regions in the west. Its capital is the city

Huánuco Huánuco (; ) is a city in central Peru. It had a population of 196,627 as of 2017 and in 2015 it had a population of 175,068. It is the capital of the Huánuco Region and the Huánuco District. It is the seat of the diocese of Huánuco. The met ...

. Huánuco has a rough topography comprising parts of the Sierra and the High Jungle (mountain rim) regions. Being equidistant from the north and the south of the country, it has the privilege of having a mild weather with an average annual temperature of 20 °C (68 °F). This region is important for its geographical location, history, and for the richness of its land, where the presence of man goes back to ancient times. ''El Hombre de Lauricocha'' (Man of Lauricocha) is among the most distinctive examples, dating from 10,000 BC, as well as Kotosh, where vestiges of the oldest settlement in the

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(4200 BC) took place. Several ethnic groups inhabited this region. However, after a severe resistance, they started to incorporate as part of the

Inca empire The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (, ), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The History of the Incas, Inca ...

. Huánuco then became part of the Cusco-Cajamarca-Cusco route. In the beginning of the 19th century, during the emancipation process, Huánuco was one of the first cities to promote Peru's independence. Moreover, a first oath took place in this city on December 15, 1820, after several uprisings in Huamalíes, Huallanca and Ambo.

Political division

The region is divided into 11 provinces (, singular: ''provincia''), which are composed of 75 districts (''distritos'', singular: ''distrito''). The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are: *

Ambo Ambo may refer to: Places * Ambo, Kiribati * Ambō (also spelled Anbō), Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan * Ambo Province, Huanuco Region, Peru ** Ambo District ** Ambo, Peru, capital of Ambo District * Ambo, Ethiopia, a capital of West Shewa Zon ...

(

) *

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( La Unión) *

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(

) * Huamalíes ( Llata) *

(

) * Lauricocha (

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) * Leoncio Prado (

Tingo María Tingo María is the capital of Leoncio Prado Province in the Huánuco Region in central Peru. It has a population of 46,191 inhabitants ( 2017 census). Tingo María was considered unreachable until 1936, when the Montaña Road reached the sett ...

) * Marañón (

Huacrachuco Huacrachuco (''Waqra-chuko'') is a town in central Peru, capital of Marañón Province in Huánuco Region. Toponymy The word "huacrachuco" would be made up of two words, ''waqra'', meaning 'horn' or 'antler', and ''chuku'' which is either from ...

) * Pachitea ( Panao) * Puerto Inca ( Puerto Inca) * Yarowilca (

Chavinillo Chavinillo, or Chawinillu, is the capital of Yarowilca Province, located in the Huánuco Region of central Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colom ...

)

Demographics

Languages

According to the

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, the language learned first by most of the residents was

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(70.92%) followed by

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

(28.56%). The Quechua variety spoken in Huánuco is

Huánuco Quechua Huánuco (; ) is a city in central Peru. It had a population of 196,627 as of 2017 and in 2015 it had a population of 175,068. It is the capital of the Huánuco Region and the Huánuco District. It is the seat of the diocese of Huánuco. The me ...

. The following table shows the results concerning the language learnt first in the Huánuco Region by province:inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

Places of interest

Awkillu Waqra Auquilohuagra (possibly from ''awkillu'', local Quechua word for deity, ''waqra'' hornTeofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is an archaeological site in Peru Per ...

* Awkimarka *

El Sira Communal Reserve El Sira Communal Reserve () 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 protects the headwaters of the Pac ...

Qillqay Mach'ay Quillcay Machay or Qillqay Mach'ay (Quechua language, Quechua ''qillqay'' to write, ''mach'ay'' cave,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): ...

Huayhuash mountain range Huayhuash (possibly from Quechua ''waywash'', weasel'','' or ''waywashi'', squirrel) is a mountain range within the Andes of Peru, in the boundaries of the regions of Ancash, Lima and Huánuco.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Cajatambo Prov ...

References

External links

Noticias de la RegiónOfficial web site of the Huánuco region
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