Huarochirí Province

Huarochirí is one of the Peruvian provinces in the new region of Lima, also the name of the historic village Huarochirí ( Distrito) in this province.

Location and size

Huarochirí extends from the city of Lima in an easterly direction in the Andean Cordillera into it. It has a size of 5658 km ².

The province is bordered on the north by the province of Canta, on the east by the province of Junín, on the south by the provinces Yauyos and Cañete and to the west by the province of Lima.

Cultural History

Huarochirí is known ( in modern Quechua spelling: Waruchiri ) by a manuscript in Quechua by the end of the 16th century ( Huarochirí manuscript ) in which myths, religious adjustments and traditions of the Indians of the region Huarochirí be reproduced. The name of the original Indian author is unknown, but the document was by the Spanish priest Francisco de Avila, who is responsible for the extermination of the heathen faith, recorded and commented on. The manuscript was for centuries ignored in the royal library of the Spanish capital, Madrid, and was first translated by the Peruvian writer and anthropologist José María Arguedas into Spanish and in bilingual form ( Quechua - Spanish) published in 1966 in book form.

The Quechua language is extinct in the province Huarochirí about in 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

Community districts

  • Antioquía
  • Callahuanca
  • Carampoma
  • Cuenca
  • Chicla
  • Huachupampa
  • Huanza
  • Huarochirí
  • Lahuaytambo
  • Langa
  • Laraos
  • Mariatana
  • Matucana
  • Ricardo Palma
  • San Andrés de Tupicocha
  • San Antonio
  • San Bartolomé
  • San Damián
  • San Juan de Iris
  • San Juan de Tantaranche
  • San Lorenzo de Quinti
  • San Mateo
  • San Mateo de Otao
  • San Pedro de Casta
  • San Pedro de Huancayre
  • Sangallaya
  • Santa Cruz de Cocachacra
  • Santa Eulalia
  • Santiago de Anchucaya
  • Santiago de Tuna
  • Santo Domingo de los Olleros
  • Surco

Population

In the province live about 60,000 residents, the provincial capital is Matucana.

Administrative centre Matucana (Peru) Metropolis Andes Yauyos Province Huaura Province
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