Dos de Mayo province

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Dos de Mayo province
Location of the province in the Huánuco region
Location of the province in the Huánuco region
Basic data
Country Peru
region Huánuco
Seat La Unión
surface 1439 km²
Residents 33,258 (2017)
density 23 inhabitants per km²
founding November 5, 1870
ISO 3166-2 PE-HUC
politics
Alkalis Luis Maldonado Rivera
(2019-2022)
View of La Unión and Ripán
View of La Unión and Ripán

Coordinates: 9 ° 39 ′  S , 76 ° 43 ′  W

The province of Dos de Mayo ( Dos de Mayo Spanish for "May 2nd") is one of eleven provinces in the Huánuco department in central Peru . The province has an area of ​​1439 km². In the 2017 census, the population was 33,258. The capital of the province is La Unión .

Geographical location

The province of Dos de Mayo is located in the west of the Huánuco region. The Río Marañón flows through the province over a length of 15 km in a northerly direction and divides it into a western and an eastern part. The western part of the province extends over the catchment area of the Río Vizcarra and extends in the west to the Peruvian Western Cordillera . The eastern part of the province lies on the course of the Quebrada Huashpay , which flows into the Río Marañón, and on the upper reaches of the Río Jarahuasi , a tributary of the Río Huallaga . The mountains of the Peruvian Central Cordillera rise in the eastern part of the province.

structure

The province of Dos de Mayo is divided into nine districts. The district of La Unión is the seat of the provincial administration.

District Administrative headquarters
Chuquis Chuquis
La Unión La Unión
Marías Marías
Pachas Pachas
Quivilla Quivilla
Ripan Ripan
Shunqui Shunqui
Sillapata Sillapata
Yanas Yanas

Individual evidence

  1. Dos de Mayo, Province in Huánuco Region . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved October 29, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Province of Dos de Mayo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files