La Convención Province is the largest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
La Convención | |
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 Choquequirao, an Inca ruin. | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of La Convención in the Cusco Region | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Cusco |
| Capital | Quillabamba |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hernán De La Torre Dueñas (2019-2022) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30,061.82 km2 (11,606.93 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 147,148 |
| • Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| UBIGEO | 0809 |
As part of the higher-altitude Amazon basin at the foot of the Andes, La Convención is one of three Peruvian provinces that prominently figure in national coffee production, the other being Chanchamayo province in Junín state and Jaén province in Cajamarca state.
Geography
The La Convención Province is bounded to the north by the Junín Region and the Ucayali Region, to the east by the Madre de Dios Region, to the south by the Anta Province, the Calca Province and the Urubamba Province, and to the west by the Ayacucho Region and the Apurímac Region.
La Convención province is approximately 220 km (140 mi) long from north to south. Within that distance, the land of La Convención reaches has a maximum elevation of 6,264 m (20,551 ft) at Salcantay,[1] on the border of La Convención, Anta, and Urubamba provinces, and a minimum elevation of 284 m (932 ft) in the Amazon Basin along the Ucayali River. Between the glaciers and tundra of Salcantay and other high mountains to the rain forests of the Amazon Basin the topography is extremely rugged and varied.[2]
The Urupampa and Willkapampa mountain ranges traverse the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:[3]
- Asulqucha
- Chawpi Urqu
- Chawpimayu
- Chuchaw Q'asa
- Chuqisapra
- Chuqitakarpu
- Hatun Wamanripa
- Inka Tampu Urqu
- Kima
- Kinwa Urqu
- Kiswar
- Kuntur Sinqa
- K'urkur Urqu
- Lanranniyuq
- Llawlliyuq
- Mantur Q'asa
- Marquni
- Ñañu Wayq'u
- Puka Puka
- Pumasillu
- Pumasillu (near Pumasilluqucha)
- Punkuyuq
- Putukuyuq
- Phaqcha
- P'anta
- Qayqu
- Qayqu (near Pumasillu)
- Qillwaqucha
- Quchapata
- Quriwayrachina
- Quysupakana
- Salcantay
- Sara Sarayuq
- Sut'uq Mach'ay
- Suyruqucha
- Tunki Urqu
- Uqhupampa
- Uru Saywa
- Waqay Willka
- Wayllayuq
- Willka Wiqi
- Wiraquchasi
- Yana Urqu
- Yanaqucha
- Yanantin
- Yuraqmayu
Political divisions
The province is divided into fourteen districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts are:
| Districts of La Convención Province | ||||||
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| District | Capital | Area | Population (2017)[4] | elevation (of capital)[5] | coordinates[6] | Notes |
| Echarate | Echarate | 21,284 km2 (8,218 sq mi) | 23,214 | 1,326 m (4,350 ft) | 12°46′05″S 72°34′37″W / 12.768°S 72.577°W | |
| Huayopata | Huyro | 530 km2 (200 sq mi) | 4,773 | 1,559 m (5,115 ft) | 13°00′25″S 72°33′14″W / 13.007°S 72.554°W | |
| Inkawasi | Amaybamba | 773 km2 (298 sq mi) | 4,285 | 1,768 m (5,801 ft) | 13°17′20″S 73°15′54″W / 13.289°S 73.265°W | Created 2014 from Vilcabamba |
| Kimbiri District | Kimbiri | 788 km2 (304 sq mi) | 15,962 | 739 m (2,425 ft) | 12°37′12″S 73°47′20″W / 12.620°S 73.789°W | |
| Maranura District | Maranura | 165 km2 (64 sq mi) | 4,134 | 1,110 m (3,640 ft) | 12°57′50″S 72°39′50″W / 12.964°S 72.664°W | |
| Megantoni | Camisea | 10,708 km2 (4,134 sq mi) | 6,969 | 303 m (994 ft) | 11°27′00″S 73°02′02″W / 11.450°S 73.034°W | Created 2016 from Echarate |
| Ocobamba | Ocobamba | 863 km2 (333 sq mi) | 4,327 | 1,543 m (5,062 ft) | 12°52′16″S 72°26′49″W / 12.871°S 72.447°W | |
| Pichari District | Pichari | 813 km2 (314 sq mi) | 22,961 | 614 m (2,014 ft) | 12°31′12″S 73°49′48″W / 12.520°S 73.830°W | |
| Quelloúno | Quellouno | 1,965 km2 (759 sq mi) | 13,311 | 800 m (2,600 ft) | 12°38′13″S 72°33′25″E / 12.637°S 72.557°E | |
| Santa Ana | Quillabamba | 392 km2 (151 sq mi) | 27,999 | 1,063 m (3,488 ft) | 12°52′05″S 72°41′31″W / 12.868°S 72.692°W | |
| Santa Teresa | Santa Teresa | 1,329 km2 (513 sq mi) | 5,972 | 1,811 m (5,942 ft) | 13°07′12″S 72°35′38″W / 13.120°S 72.594°W | |
| Vilcabamba | Lukma | 2,329 km2 (899 sq mi) | 9,557 | 2,764 m (9,068 ft) | 13°03′47″S 72°55′59″W / 13.063°S 72.933°W | |
| Villa Kintiarina | Villa Kintiarina | 199 km2 (77 sq mi) | 1,974 | 693 m (2,274 ft) | 12°55′05″S 73°31′44″W / 12.918°S 73.529°W | Created 2015 from Kimbiri |
| Villa Virgen | Villa Virgen | 439 km2 (169 sq mi) | 1,980 | 731 m (2,398 ft) | 13°00′04″S 73°18′18″W / 13.001°S 73.305°W | Created 2014 from Vilcabamba |
| Total: La Convención | Quillabamba | 30,062 km2 (11,607 sq mi) | 147,148 | |||
Note: The Peruvian government estimates an underenumeration nationwide in the 2017 census of about 6 percent.[7]
Ethnic groups
The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens: Asháninka,[8] Machiguenga,[9] Yine[10] and Quechua. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (51.98%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.82% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).[11]
See also
Sources
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