La Convención Province

La Convención
La Convención
Province
	Choquequirao, an Inca ruin.
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of La Convención in the Cusco Region
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Capital	Quillabamba
Government
• Mayor	Hernán De La Torre Dueñas ; (2019-2022)
Area
• Total	30,061.82 km2 (11,606.93 sq mi)
Population
• Total	147,148
• Density	4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)
UBIGEO	0809
Website	https://www.gob.pe/munilaconvencion

La Convención Province is the largest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

As part of the higher-altitude Amazon basin at the foot of the Andes, La Convención is one of three Peruvian provinces that prominently figure in national coffee production, the other being Chanchamayo province in Junín state and Jaén province in Cajamarca state.

Geography

The La Convención Province is bounded to the north by the Junín Region and the Ucayali Region, to the east by the Madre de Dios Region, to the south by the Anta Province, the Calca Province and the Urubamba Province, and to the west by the Ayacucho Region and the Apurímac Region.

La Convención province is approximately 220 km (140 mi) long from north to south. Within that distance, the land of La Convención reaches has a maximum elevation of 6,264 m (20,551 ft) at Salcantay,^[1] on the border of La Convención, Anta, and Urubamba provinces, and a minimum elevation of 284 m (932 ft) in the Amazon Basin along the Ucayali River. Between the glaciers and tundra of Salcantay and other high mountains to the rain forests of the Amazon Basin the topography is extremely rugged and varied.^[2]

The Urupampa and Willkapampa mountain ranges traverse the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:^[3]

Asulqucha
Chawpi Urqu
Chawpimayu
Chuchaw Q'asa
Chuqisapra
Chuqitakarpu
Hatun Wamanripa
Inka Tampu Urqu
Kima
Kinwa Urqu
Kiswar
Kuntur Sinqa
K'urkur Urqu
Lanranniyuq
Llawlliyuq
Mantur Q'asa
Marquni
Ñañu Wayq'u
Puka Puka
Pumasillu
Pumasillu (near Pumasilluqucha)
Punkuyuq
Putukuyuq
Phaqcha
P'anta
Qayqu
Qayqu (near Pumasillu)
Qillwaqucha
Quchapata
Quriwayrachina
Quysupakana
Salcantay
Sara Sarayuq
Sut'uq Mach'ay
Suyruqucha
Tunki Urqu
Uqhupampa
Uru Saywa
Waqay Willka
Wayllayuq
Willka Wiqi
Wiraquchasi
Yana Urqu
Yanaqucha
Yanantin
Yuraqmayu

Political divisions

The province is divided into fourteen districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts are:

Districts of La Convención Province
District	Capital	Area	Population (2017)^[4]	elevation (of capital)^[5]	coordinates^[6]	Notes
Echarate	Echarate	21,284 km² (8,218 sq mi)	23,214	1,326 m (4,350 ft)	12°46′05″S 72°34′37″W / 12.768°S 72.577°W / -12.768; -72.577
Huayopata	Huyro	530 km² (200 sq mi)	4,773	1,559 m (5,115 ft)	13°00′25″S 72°33′14″W / 13.007°S 72.554°W / -13.007; -72.554
Inkawasi	Amaybamba	773 km² (298 sq mi)	4,285	1,768 m (5,801 ft)	13°17′20″S 73°15′54″W / 13.289°S 73.265°W / -13.289; -73.265	Created 2014 from Vilcabamba
Kimbiri District	Kimbiri	788 km² (304 sq mi)	15,962	739 m (2,425 ft)	12°37′12″S 73°47′20″W / 12.620°S 73.789°W / -12.620; -73.789
Maranura District	Maranura	165 km² (64 sq mi)	4,134	1,110 m (3,640 ft)	12°57′50″S 72°39′50″W / 12.964°S 72.664°W / -12.964; -72.664
Megantoni	Camisea	10,708 km² (4,134 sq mi)	6,969	303 m (994 ft)	11°27′00″S 73°02′02″W / 11.450°S 73.034°W / -11.450; -73.034	Created 2016 from Echarate
Ocobamba	Ocobamba	863 km² (333 sq mi)	4,327	1,543 m (5,062 ft)	12°52′16″S 72°26′49″W / 12.871°S 72.447°W / -12.871; -72.447
Pichari District	Pichari	813 km² (314 sq mi)	22,961	614 m (2,014 ft)	12°31′12″S 73°49′48″W / 12.520°S 73.830°W / -12.520; -73.830
Quelloúno	Quellouno	1,965 km² (759 sq mi)	13,311	800 m (2,600 ft)	12°38′13″S 72°33′25″E / 12.637°S 72.557°E / -12.637; 72.557
Santa Ana	Quillabamba	392 km² (151 sq mi)	27,999	1,063 m (3,488 ft)	12°52′05″S 72°41′31″W / 12.868°S 72.692°W / -12.868; -72.692
Santa Teresa	Santa Teresa	1,329 km² (513 sq mi)	5,972	1,811 m (5,942 ft)	13°07′12″S 72°35′38″W / 13.120°S 72.594°W / -13.120; -72.594
Vilcabamba	Lukma	2,329 km² (899 sq mi)	9,557	2,764 m (9,068 ft)	13°03′47″S 72°55′59″W / 13.063°S 72.933°W / -13.063; -72.933
Villa Kintiarina	Villa Kintiarina	199 km² (77 sq mi)	1,974	693 m (2,274 ft)	12°55′05″S 73°31′44″W / 12.918°S 73.529°W / -12.918; -73.529	Created 2015 from Kimbiri
Villa Virgen	Villa Virgen	439 km² (169 sq mi)	1,980	731 m (2,398 ft)	13°00′04″S 73°18′18″W / 13.001°S 73.305°W / -13.001; -73.305	Created 2014 from Vilcabamba
Total: La Convención	Quillabamba	30,062 km² (11,607 sq mi)	147,148

Note: The Peruvian government estimates an underenumeration nationwide in the 2017 census of about 6 percent.^[7]

Ethnic groups

The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens: Asháninka,^[8] Machiguenga,^[9] Yine^[10] and Quechua. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (51.98%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.82% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).^[11]

Sources

^ "Peakbagger,"[1], accessed 17 Jul 2019
^ Google Earth
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Convención Province (Cusco Region)
^ "La Convencion," [2]. accessed 16 July 2019
^ Google Earth
^ Google Earth
^ "Peru: Cusco Region," [3], accessed 19 Jul 2019
^ www.peruecologico.com.pe/ Ashaninka
^ peruecologico.com.pe Machiguenga
^ peruecologico.com.pe Piro
^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007