Huarochirí Province
| Huarochirí Province | |
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 Location of the province in the Lima region |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Lima |
| Seat | Matucana |
| surface | 5658 km² |
| Residents | 58,145 (2017) |
| density | 10 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | August 5, 1821 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-LIM |
| Website | munimatucana.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcaldesa Provincial | Eveling Geovanna Feliciano Ordóñez (2019-2022) |
| Political party | Patria Joven |
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Coordinates: 11 ° 49 ′ S , 76 ° 24 ′ W
The province of Huarochirí is one of the Peruvian provinces in the new Lima region , also the name of the historical town of Huarochirí in this province. The province had 58,145 inhabitants at the 2017 census. Ten years earlier the population was 72,845. The provincial capital is Matucana .
Geographical location
The 5,658 km² province of Huarochirí extends from the metropolis of Lima in an easterly direction into the Peruvian Western Cordillera . It extends from the foothills of the Andes in the west to the watershed that runs along the Western Cordillera in the east. in the province lie the upper river valleys of Río Mala , Río Lurín , Río Rímac and its tributary Río Santa Eulalia . The province of Huarochirí borders on the province of Canta in the north, the province of Junín in the east, the provinces of Yauyos and Cañete in the south and the province of Lima in the west .
Cultural history
Huarochirí (in modern Quechua spelling: Waruchiri ) is known through a manuscript in Quechua from the end of the 16th century ( Huarochirí manuscript ), in which myths, religious misrepresentations and traditions of the Indians of the Huarochirí region are reproduced. The name of the original Indian author is unknown, but the document was recorded and commented on by the Spanish clergyman Francisco de Avila, responsible for the extermination of pagan beliefs. The manuscript lay unnoticed for centuries in the royal library of the Spanish capital Madrid and was first translated into Spanish by the Peruvian writer and anthropologist José María Arguedas and published as a book in 1966 in bilingual form (Quechua - Spanish) .
The Quechua language became extinct in the province of Huarochirí around the second half of the 19th century .
Industry
The province is home to numerous mines. The largest and best-known mining company in the province is Casapalca SA
Administrative division
The province is divided into 32 districts ( distritos ). The Matucana district is the seat of the provincial administration.
literature
- Karen Spalding: Huarochirí - An Andean Society Under Inca and Spanish Rule. (1984)
- Gérald Taylor: Rites et Traditions de Huarochiri. (1995)
- Frank Salomon: Huarochirí Manuscript: A Testament of Ancient and Colonial Andean Religion. (1991)
- José María Arguedas : Dioses y Hombres de Huarochirí. (Quechua text by Huarochirí with Spanish translation) (1966)
Web links
- Peru: Region Lima (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de