Hualgayoc Province
Hualgayoc Province | |
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Location of the province in the Cajamarca region |
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Basic data | |
Country | Peru |
region | Cajamarca |
Seat | Bambamarca |
surface | 777.3 km² |
Residents | 77,944 (2017) |
density | 100 inhabitants per km² |
founding | August 24, 1870 |
ISO 3166-2 | PE-CAJ |
Website | www.munibambamarca.gob.pe (Spanish) |
politics | |
Alcalde Provincial | Marco Antonio Aguilar Vásquez (2019-2022) |
Landscape near El Alumbre in the Bambamarca district |
Coordinates: 6 ° 43 ′ S , 78 ° 33 ′ W
The province of Hualgayoc is located in the Cajamarca region in northwestern Peru . The province has an area of 777.25 km². At the 2017 census, 77,944 people lived in the province. In 1993 the population was 75,806, in 2007 it was 89,813. The administrative seat is the city of Bambamarca .
Geographical location
The province of Hualgayoc is centrally located in the Cajamarca region, about 45 km north of the regional capital Cajamarca . The province lies east of the Peruvian Western Cordillera . It has a longitudinal extent in SW-NE direction of about 32 km and a width of about 20 km.
The province of Hualgayoc borders on the province of Chota in the north, on the province of Celendín in the east and south-east , on the province of Cajamarca in the south, on the provinces of San Pablo and San Miguel in the south-west and on the province of Santa Cruz in the west .
Administrative division
The province of Hualgayoc is divided into the following three districts. The Bambamarca district is the seat of the provincial administration.
District | Administrative headquarters |
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Bambamarca | Bambamarca |
Chugur | Chugur |
Hualgayoc | Hualgayoc |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Hualgayoc, Province in Peru . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 3, 2019.