Lucanas Province
| Lucanas Province | |
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 Location of the province in the Ayacucho region |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Ayacucho |
| Seat | Puquio |
| surface | 14,495 km² |
| Residents | 51,328 (2017) |
| density | 3.5 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | April 26, 1822 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-AYA |
| politics | |
| Alcalde Provincial | Luis Alfonso Moya Mora (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 14 ° 41 ′ S , 74 ° 8 ′ W
The Lucanas Province is part of the Ayacucho administrative region in southwest Peru . It has an area of 14,495 km². The 2017 census counted 51,328 inhabitants in the province. Ten years earlier the population was 65,414. The administrative seat is in Puquio .
Geographical location
The province of Lucanas is located in the southwest of the Ayacucho region. The south-western part of the province extends over the Peruvian western cordillera , the north-eastern part over the adjacent Andean highlands . Much of the area is drained by the Río Grande , Río Acarí and Río Yauca to the southwest towards the Pacific Ocean . Only the north and northeast lie in the catchment area of the Río Pampas , a tributary of the Río Apurímac .
The province of Lucanas borders in the north on the neighboring provinces of Huanca Sancos , Víctor Fajardo and Sucre , in the east on the province Andahuaylas (region Apurímac), in the southeast on the province Parinacochas , in the west on the regions Arequipa and Ica and in the north-west on the region Huancavelica .
Administrative division
The province of Lucanas consists of 21 districts. The Puquio district is the seat of the provincial administration.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Lucanas, Province in Ayacucho Region . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
