Huaylas province


Huaylas is one of 20 provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru.

Geography

The Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Negra traverse the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are Artesonraju, Chacraraju, Quitaraju, Pucajirca, Pucaraju and Huandoy. Other mountains are listed below:
Some of the largest lakes of the province are Arwayqucha, Hatunqucha, Ichikqucha, Pukaqucha, Quyllurqucha, Tawlliqucha and Wiqruqucha.

Political division

Huaylas is divided into ten districts, which are:
DistrictMap
Caraz
Huallanca
Huata
Huaylas
Mato
Pamparomas
Pueblo Libre
Santa Cruz
Santo Toribio
Yuracmarca

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, 42.59% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language.