The San Miguel Province is one of the thirteen
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 ou ...
in the
Cajamarca Region of
Peru
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. It was created by Law No. 15152 on September 29, 1964 by president
Fernando Belaunde Terry. It has a
mountainous
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territory which varies in height from 500 to more than 4,000 metres above sea level. As a result, there is a great diversity of
climates
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ranging from hot and dry at lower altitudes to cold and rainy at higher levels. Herding is an important economic activity thanks to the existence of extensive
pasture
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s. Its main product is cow's milk which is either sold outside the province or transformed into dairy products such as cheese. There are several gold mines in production in the higher regions of the province. There's also an important handicraft industry mainly devoted to textiles made out of cotton or wool.
[ Municipalidad Provincial de San Miguel, ]
Producción
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Archaeology
The oldest known irrigation canals in the Americas are located in the
Nanchoc District of San Miguel Province. The canals in the
Zaña Valley
Zaña (also Saña) is the capital of Zaña District in the Chiclayo Province of Lambayeque region in northern Peru. It is located inland from the Pacific Ocean at an elevation of in the valley of the Zaña River. Zaña had a population of 4,51 ...
have been
radiocarbon
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dated to 3400 BCE, and possibly date to 4700 BCE.
Political division
The province is divided into thirteen districts.
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San Miguel (
San Miguel de Pallaques)
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Bolívar (
Bolívar)
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Calquis (
Calquis)
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Catilluc (
Catilluc)
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El Prado (
El Prado)
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La Florida (
La Florida)
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Llapa (
Llapa)
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Nanchoc (
Nanchoc)
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Niepos (
Niepos)
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San Gregorio (
San Gregorio)
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San Silvestre de Cochan (San Silvestre de Cochan)
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Tongod (
Tongod)
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Unión Agua Blanca (
Agua Blanca)
See also
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Wayra Punku
Notes
Provinces of the Cajamarca Region
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