Sihuas Province
| Sihuas Province | |
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 Location of the province in the Ancash region |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Ancash |
| Seat | Sihuas |
| surface | 1456 km² |
| Residents | 26,971 (2017) |
| density | 19 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | January 9, 1921 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-ANC |
| Website | www.munisihuas.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde Provincial | Eduardo Hernán Giraldo Fontenla (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 8 ° 29 ′ S , 77 ° 35 ′ W
The Sihuas Province is one of the 20 provinces that make up the Ancash administrative region in Peru . The province has an area of 1456 km², the population was 26,971 in 2017. The administrative seat is in Sihuas .
Geographical location
The province of Sihuas is located east of the northern foothills of the Cordillera Blanca , a mountain range of the Peruvian Western Cordillera . In the east, the Río Marañón forms the border with the province of Pataz , which belongs to the administrative region of La Libertad . The rivers Río Rupac and Río Actuy drain the area east to the Río Marañón. The neighboring provinces within the administrative region of Ancash are: Pallasca in the northwest, Corongo in the west, Huaylas in the southwest and Pomabamba in the southeast.
Administrative division
The province of Sihuas consists of ten districts ( distritos ). The Sihuas District is the seat of the provincial administration.
| District | Administrative headquarters |
|---|---|
| Acobamba | Acobamba |
| Alfonso Ugarte | Ullulluco |
| Cashapampa | Cashapampa |
| Chingalpo | Chingalpo |
| Huayllabamba | Huayllabamba |
| Quiches | Quiches |
| Ragash | Ragash |
| San Juan | Chullin |
| Sicsibamba | Umbe |
| Sihuas | Sihuas |
