Bolognesi province


Bolognesi is one of 20 provinces of the Ancash Region of Peru.

Overview

The province originally was part of the province of Cajatambo until 1903, when it was split off and named after Col. Francisco Bolognesi, the hero of the Battle of Arica. In 1990, the province of Ocros split off from Bolognesi.

Geography

The area of the province comprises parts of four Andean mountain ranges with snow-covered mountains: the Cordillera Blanca, the Cordillera Negra, the Wallanka mountain range and the Waywash mountain range. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:

Political division

Bolognesi is divided into fifteen districts, which are:

Ethnic groups

The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 15.43% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language.