Huancavelica ( Spanish pronunciation: [waŋkaβeˈlika] ) is a department and region in Peru with an area of 22,131.47 km (8,545.01 sq mi) and a population of 347,639 ( 2017 census ). The capital is the city Huancavelica . The region is bordered by the departments of Lima and Ica in the west, Junín in the north, and Ayacucho in the east.
5-490: The department is divided into seven provinces . Province (Capital) The main cities are Huancavelica, Pampas and Lircay. There are many little districts like Querco in Huancavelica. Querco is a nice little town. Most of the residents are agricultors. They own cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, mules, llamas, goats, chickens, and donkeys. The region is mostly inhabited by indigenous people of Quechua descent. According to
10-630: The 2007 Peru Census , the language learnt first by most of the residents was Quechua (64.03%) followed by Spanish (35.67%). The Quechua variety spoken in Huancavelica is Chanka Quechua . The following table shows the results concerning the language learnt first in the department of Huancavelica by province: The National University of Huancavelica is the only university in the region and it has branches in Pampas, Lircay, Acobamba and Castrovirreyna. The region has two hospitals located in Huancavelica and Pampas. There are clinics and medical post in most of
15-590: The Republic President Javier Arévalo Vela [ es ] The provinces of Peru ( Spanish : provincias ) are the second-level administrative subdivisions of the country. They are divided into districts (Spanish: distritos ). There are 196 provinces in Peru , grouped into 25 regions , except for Lima Province which does not belong to any region. This makes an average of seven provinces per region. The region with
20-478: The fewest provinces is Callao (one) and the region with the most is Ancash (twenty). While provinces in the sparsely populated Amazon rainforest of eastern Peru tend to be larger, there is a large concentration of them in the north-central area of the country. The province with the fewest districts is Purús Province , with just one district. The province with the most districts is Lima Province , with 43 districts. The most common number of districts per province
25-419: The towns. The region is connected with the neighboring regions by national roads, which are paved in most cases. There are regional and local roads that are serving the towns of the regions. Huancavelica has a train service with the city of Huancayo . This Huancavelica Region geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Provinces of Peru Supreme Court of
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