Sihuas province

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Sihuas
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The town Sihuas, seat of the province
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Location of the province Sihuas in Ancash.PNG
Location of Sihuas in the Ancash Region
Country Peru
Region Ancash
Capital Sihuas
Area
  Total
1,455.97 km2 (562.15 sq mi)
Population
  Total
30,849
  Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
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Website www.munisihuas.gob.pe

Sihuas (Quechua Siwas) is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru.This province was created by Law nº 13485, dated at January 9, 1961, when Manuel Prado was president of Peru. [1] It is bordered by provinces of Huaylas and Corongo on the west, Pallasca on the north, La Libertad Region on the east, and Pomabamba on the south. [2]

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Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Puka Qaqa at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [3]

Political division

Sihuas is divided into ten 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 (62.89%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.83% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census). [4]

Earthquake of November 10, 1946

On November 10, 1946, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the province. The epicenter is estimated to have occurred at 8°20' S. 77°50' W. at a depth of 30 – 40 km. The surface fault was observed to run about 18 km northwest from Quiches toward Conchucos. The quake was "the first well-observed instance of major faulting." [5] The fault was purely slip-dip (vertical), with an offset of as much as 3.5 meters (11 feet). The quake and resulting landslides resulted in a death toll estimated at 1400 - 1700, [6] a substantial number given the sparse population in the area. The village of Acobamba was buried by one landslide, killing 217.

Main events

References

  1. Back page of book "Cómo resurge una Provincia Bolivariana" ISBN   978-612-00-1099-0
  2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved June 15, 2008.
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map province of Sihuas (Ancash Region)
  4. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
  5. Charles F. Richter, Elementary Seismology (San Francisco, W.H. Freeman and Co. 1958) p. 768, quoted in Historic Earthquakes.
  6. Newspaper "El Comercio" of Lima, November 1946, National Library of Peru
  7. Free traduction, as other cases
  8. Unyén Velezmoro: "La enciclopedia de Áncash" ISBN   978-612-00-0672-6

Sources

8°34′01″S77°37′01″W / 8.567°S 77.617°W / -8.567; -77.617