UBIGEO 1007 Region Huánuco Region | Area 4,802 km² | |
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The Marañón Province is one of eleven provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Huacrachuco. The province has a population of 23,000 inhabitants as of 2002.
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Boundaries
Political division
The province is divided into three 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 (74.84%) learned to speak in childhood, 24.75% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).
References
Marañón Province Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA