Mariscal Luzuriaga Province

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Mariscal Luzuriaga Province
Location of the province in the Ancash region
Location of the province in the Ancash region
Symbols
flag
flag
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Peru
region Ancash
Seat Piscobamba
surface 740.3 km²
Residents 20,284 (2017)
density 27 inhabitants per km²
founding January 12, 1956
ISO 3166-2 PE-ANC
Website munipiscobamba.gob.pe (Spanish / qechwa)
politics
Alcalde Provincial Roger Asencio Roca
(2019-2022)
Political party Partido Democrático Somos Perú
Piscobamba
Piscobamba

Coordinates: 8 ° 50 ′  S , 77 ° 18 ′  W

The Mariscal Luzuriaga Province is one of 20 provinces in the Ancash administrative region in Peru . It has an area of ​​740.25 km². The 2017 census counted 20,284 inhabitants in the Mariscal Luzuriaga province. In 1993 the population was 23,151, in 2007 23,292. The administrative seat is in Piscobamba . The province was named after the marshal (span. Mariscal ) of Peru and Argentine general Toribio de Luzuriaga (1782–1842).

Geographical location

The province of Mariscal Luzuriaga is east of the Cordillera Blanca . It is bounded in the south by the river course of the Río Yanamayo and its source river Río Yurma . In the east, the Río Marañón forms the border with the provinces of Marañón and Huacaybamba , which are part of the Huánuco administrative region . To the west, the provincial border runs along the Pacosbamba River . In addition, the province in the west extends to a distance of almost 500 m to the Taulliraju mountain ( 5830  m ) and the watershed of the Cordillera Blanca. The province of Mariscal Luzuriaga borders in the north on the province of Pomabamba , in the west and southwest on the province of Yungay and in the southeast on the province of Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald .

Administrative division

The Mariscal Luzuriaga Province consists of eight districts. The district of Piscobamba is the seat of the provincial administration.

District Quechua name Administrative headquarters
Casca Kachka Casca
Eleazar Guzmán Barrón Pampachacra
Fidel Olivas Escudero Sanachgan
Llama Llamaq Llama
Llumpa Llunpa Llumpa
Lucma Lukma Lucma
Musga Mushqa Musga
Piscobamba Pishqu panpa Piscobamba

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gebert: Law nº. 12541. Date: January 12, 1956
  2. ↑ Several authors: "Libro de Oro Luzuriaguino. Piscobamba- Mariscal Luzuriaga" Depósito legal BNP nº 2007-03935, Lima
  3. ↑ Several authors: "Libro de Oro Luzuriaguino. Piscobamba-Mariscal Luzuriaga" Depósito BNP nº 2007-03935, Lima (2007)

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