Website munidosdemayo.com Area 1,439 km² | UBIGEO 1003 Founded 5 November 1870 Region Huánuco Region | |
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Capital La Unión - (alt: 3226 mts - 10581 ft) | ||
The Dos de Mayo Province is one of eleven provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of La Unión.
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Map of Dos de Mayo Province, Peru
Boundaries
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
Political division
The province is divided into nine districts, which are:
Ethnic groups
The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish, however, is the language which the majority of the population (59.82%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.87% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).
References
Dos de Mayo Province Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA