Yauyos province


Yauyos is a province of the department of Lima, Peru. From the administrative point of view of the Catholic Church in Peru, it forms part of the Territorial Prelature of Yauyos. Its capital is Yauyos.

Boundaries

Geography

The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve lies in the province of Yauyos. Aqupallqa, Llunk'uti, Qutuni, Runchu, T'uru and Wankarqucha of the Cordillera Central of Peru belong to the highest mountains of the province. They all reach altitudes above. Other mountains of the province include:
Some of the largest lakes of the province are listed below:

History

During the 2007 Peru earthquake, Yauyos suffered major damage.

Political division

The capital of this province is the city of Yauyos. The province extends over an area of and is divided into 33 districts:

Demographics

The province has a population of 28,000 inhabitants as of 2002. One distinctive cultural trait of the province is that the Tupe district is home to the small ethnic minority who speak the indigenous Jaqaru/Kawki language, a linguistic curiosity as the only surviving relative of Aymara, spoken far to the south in the Altiplano. Besides that, several archaic Quechua dialects are spoken in some districts. However, all these dialects and languages, respectively, are in danger of extinction.