Espinar Province

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Espinar
Province
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K'anamarka in the Espinar Province
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Location of Espinar in the Cusco Region
Country Peru
Region Cusco
Capital Yauri
Government
 • MayorLindley Alfredo Salinas Perez (2007)
Area
 • Total
5,311.09 km2 (2,050.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
66,908
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
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Tintaya copper mine as seen from the air.

Espinar Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

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Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: [1] [2]

Political division

The province is divided into eight districts (Spanish : distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parentheses, are:

History

On 21 May 2012, agricultural leadership in Espinar Province announced a strike against the planned expansion of Tintaya mine, a copper mine owned by the Swiss corporation Xstrata. The leaders' demands included higher environmental standards, more money for area development, and independent oversight of the mine. [3] Strikers occupied the roads to the mine over the following week, blocking all access. In response, President Ollanta Humala declared a state of emergency in the province, suspending constitutional rights, [4] and deployed police commandos against the strikers. [3] Two civilians were killed in the resulting clashes, and seventy police officers were injured. [4] On 30 May, provincial mayor Oscar Mollohuanca was arrested by the national government and accused of inciting protests against an expansion of a copper mine owned by Xstrata. [5] He was conditionally released on 13 July. [3]

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (68.90%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.75% of the residents started speaking in Spanish (2007 Peru Census). [6]

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References

  1. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Condoroma 2640, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  3. 1 2 3 Stephanie Boyd (18 June 2012). "Peru's great transformation". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Peru police arrest mayor who led mine protests". The Los Angeles Times. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Peru: Espinar protest mayor in 'preventative' detention". BBC News. 2 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  6. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

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