Carhuaz Province


The Carhuaz Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region of Peru.

Geography

The Cordillera Blanca traverses the province. Waskaran, its highest elevation, lies on the border to the Yungay Province. Pallqarahu, Pukaranra, Qupa, Tuqllarahu, Wallqan and Yanarahu belong to the highest peaks of the province. Other mountains are listed below:

Political division

Carhuaz is divided into eleven districts, which are:
DistrictMayor
AcopampaJulian Victor Chavez Graza
AmashcaLeoncio Jaime Cadillo Chapeton
AntaMiguel Oswaldo Antunez Castillo
AtaqueroEber Tito Gutierrez Vazques
CarhuazOscar Roosevelt Cerna Gomez
MarcaráJorge Patricio Cruz Lazaro
PariahuancaZenobio Gregorio Mendez Aguirre
San Miguel de AcoTomas Severiano Gutierrez Lliuya
ShillaJuan Felix Puntillo Limas
TincoSimeon Alejandro Rodriguez Rojas
YungarJulio Constantino Robles Ramirez

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 26.47% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language.