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The Huari Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru. Its seat is Huari.




Geography


The Cordillera Blanca traverses the western part of the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are Rurichinchay and Wantsan. Other mountains are listed below:




Political division


Huari is divided into sixteen districts, which are:

Anra
Cajay
Chavín de Huantar
Huacachi
Huacchis
Huachis
Huantar
Huari
Masin
Paucas
Ponto
Rahuapampa
Rapayan
San Marcos
San Pedro de Chana
Uco




Ethnic groups


The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (78.05%) learnt to speak in childhood, 21.49% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).




Archaeological sites


The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Chavín de Huantar is the most famous archaeological site of the province. Another remarkable place with cave paintings and stone tombs (chullpa) is Markahirka.




See also


Allpaqucha
Challwaqucha
Hatun Qaqaqucha and Ichik Qaqaqucha
Yanaqucha




References






External links


(in Spanish) Official web site of the Huari Province

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Huari Province
• Huari
• Kunkush (Huari)
• Runtuy (Huari)
• Chalhuacocha (Huari)
• Jatunjirca (Huari)
• Arteza
• Pucaraju (Huari)
• Huari District
• Yanaqucha (Huari)