Sihuas Province

Sihuas
Province

The town Sihuas, seat of the province

Coat of arms

Location of Sihuas in the Ancash Region
Country Peru
Region Ancash
Capital Sihuas
Government
  Mayor José López Morillo
(2007-10)
Area
  Total 1,455.97 km2 (562.15 sq mi)
Population
  Total 30,849
  Density 21/km2 (55/sq mi)
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Website www.munisihuas.gob.pe

The Sihuas Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru.This province was created by Law nº 13485, dated at January 09 of 1961, when was president of Perou: Manuel Prado.[1] It is bordered by provinces of Huaylas and Corongo on the west, Pallasca Province on the north, La Libertad Region on the east, and Pomabamba Province on the south.[2]

Political division

Sihuas is divided into ten districts, which are:

District Mayor
Acobamba Augusto Alejandro Gonzales Lozano
Alfonso Ugarte Roman Beltrán Liñan Trujillo
Cashapampa Gregorio Aniano Córdova Hurtado
Chingalpo Santos Morillo Casahuaman
Huayllabamba Julio Arnulfo Azaña Dominguez
Quiches Zenon Principe Quezada
Ragash Olimpio Andrés Alejos Mendoza
San Juan Gregorio Fausto Silvestre Sánchez
Sicsibamba Melchor Abelio Sanchez Bermudez
Sihuas Jose López Morillo

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).[3]

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."[4] 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,[5] a substantial number given the sparse population in the area. The village of Acobamba was buried by one landslide, killing 217.

Main events

See also

References

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

Sources

Coordinates: 8°34′01″S 77°37′01″W / 8.567°S 77.617°W / -8.567; -77.617


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