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| Espinar | |
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| Province | |
 K'anamarka in the Espinar Province | |
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 Location of Espinar in the Cusco Region | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Cusco |
| Capital | Yauri |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lindley Alfredo Salinas Perez (2007) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,311.09 km (2,050.62 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 66,908 |
| • Density | 13/km (33/sq mi) |
| UBIGEO | 0808 |
Espinar Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
- Allqamarini
- Akillani
- Anta Anta
- Anta Qullu
- Apachita
- Aqhu Phichaqa
- Atawallpa
- Atawallpa Much'u
- Chunkara Qaqa
- Chuqi Pirwa (Are.-Cusco)
- Chuqi Pirwa (Cusco-Puno)
- Ch'iyar Jaqhi
- Ch'iyara
- Ch'uwañuma
- Hatun Chhuka
- Huch'uy Mut'u
- Isankani
- Janq'u
- Janq'u Q'awa
- Japu Apachita
- Jichu Qullu
- Kimsa Chata
- Kiswarani Q'asa
- Kuntur Sayana
- Kuntur Uma
- Kunturi
- Laramani
- Machu Kunturuma
- Misa Urqu
- Mut'u
- Muyu Qaqa
- Pawsa Urqu
- Pilluni
- Puka Nasa
- Puka Puka
- Puka Punchu
- Puka Q'asa
- Pukara
- Pumanuta
- Qaqa Urqu
- Qullpa Pata
- Qullqi Q'awa
- Q'ara Qullu
- Q'atawini
- Salla
- Salla Saywa
- Siq'i Urqu
- Sura Quta
- Sura Urqu
- Sura Uma
- Tarujani
- Taypi Tira
- Urqu K'uchu
- Uturunku Pata
- Wallqa
- Waman Wachana
- Wanu Wanu
- Waylla Apachita
- Waylla Tira
- Waylluma
- Wayna Sinqa
- Wila Wila
- Wiska Apachita
- Yana Qaqa
- Yana Urqu
- Yuraq Q'asa
- Yuraq Sunquyuq
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:
- Alto Pichigua (Accocunca)
- Condoroma (Condoroma)
- Coporaque (Coporaque)
- Espinar (Yauri)
- Ocoruro (Ocoruro)
- Pallpata (Hector Tejada)
- Pichigua (Pichigua)
- Suykutambo (Suykutambo)
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. 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, and deployed police commandos against the strikers. Two civilians were killed in the resulting clashes, and seventy police officers were injured. 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. He was conditionally released on 13 July.
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).
See also
References
- escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco Region)
- Peru 1:100,000, Condoroma 2640, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
- ^ Stephanie Boyd (18 June 2012). "Peru's great transformation". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ "Peru police arrest mayor who led mine protests". The Los Angeles Times. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- "Peru: Espinar protest mayor in 'preventative' detention". BBC News. 2 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
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