Oxapampa Province


The Oxapampa Province (Spanish: Provincia de Oxapampa) is the largest of three provinces that make up the Pasco Region in Peru.[3] The capital of the Oxapampa province is the city of Oxapampa. The province is located on the eastern slopes of the Andes reaching down to the lowlands of the Amazon Basin. The high point of the province is approximately 5,300 metres (17,400 ft) in elevation near the summit of Huaguruncho mountain in the Huancabamba District and the low point is approximately 200 metres (660 ft) on the Pachitea River in the Constitución District.[4]

Oxapampa
Province
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of Oxapampa in the Pasco Region
CountryPeru
RegionPasco
FoundedNovember 27, 1944
CapitalOxapampa
Government
 • MayorJuan Carlos La Torre Moscoso
Area
 • Total18,673.79 km2 (7,209.99 sq mi)
Population
 • Total96,169 (2,017)
UBIGEO1903
Websitewww.munioxapampa.gob.pe
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1940 5,881—    
1961 25,783+338.4%
1981 49,857+93.4%
2007 81,829+64.1%
2020 (est) 100,561+22.9%
Source: [1][2]

The Cerro de la Sal, an important source of salt for the indigenous people of the Amazon Basin since pre-historic times is located in the Villa Rica District of the province.The southeastern part of the province is the location of the Gran Pajonal (Great Grassland), an elevated plateau occupied by the Asháninka people.

Oxapampa is best known for the colonists from Austria and Germany who established one of the first European settlements (in Peru) east of the Andes in remote Pozuzo District in 1859 and founded the towns of Oxapampa in 1891 and Villa Rica in 1928. Traces of German culture remain in the architecture and culture of these districts.[5]

Political divisions

The Oxapampa Province is divided into eight districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde):

Flag of Oxapampa
Districts of Oxapampa province.
Districts of Oxapampa Province[6]
DistrictCapitalAreaPopulation (1993)Population (2017)elevation (of capital)coordinates
ChontabambaChontabamba450 km2 (170 sq mi)2,4605,6371,828 m (5,997 ft)10.603°S 75.439°W / -10.603; -75.439
ConstituciónCiudad Constitución3,053 km2 (1,179 sq mi)Created 201015,230232 m (761 ft)9.848°S 75.016°W / -9.848; -75.016
HuancabambaHuancabamba1,237 km2 (478 sq mi)5,7466,8911,666 m (5,466 ft)10.426°S 75.525°W / -10.426; -75.525
Oxapampa DistrictOxapampa412 km2 (159 sq mi)12,82616,5651,812 m (5,945 ft)10.574°S 75.405°W / -10.574; -75.405
Palcazú DistrictIscozacín2,887 km2 (1,115 sq mi)5,6878,257275 m (902 ft)10.184°S 75.150°W / -10.184; -75.150
Pozuzo DistrictPozuzo1,394 km2 (538 sq mi)5,0535,128731 m (2,398 ft)10.071°S 75.551°W / -10.071; -75.551
Puerto Bermúdez DistrictPuerto Bermúdez7,634 km2 (2,948 sq mi)13,787 (see note)19,968258 m (846 ft)10.298°S 74.937°W / -10.298; -74.937
Villa Rica DistrictVilla Rica788 km2 (304 sq mi)14,73918,7631,466 m (4,810 ft)10.735°S 75.268°W / -10.735; -75.268
Total: OxapampaOxapampa18,674 km2 (7,210 sq mi)60,29896,1691,812 m (5,945 ft)

Places of interest
Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park, red; Communal Reserves (Yanesha, El Sira), pink; Protected Forest (San Matías-San Carlos), dark green; Municipal Conservation Area (Bosque de Sho’llet), pale blue, unprotected area, pale green.

References
  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Peru
  2. "Chapter 8 - Human Occupation of the Central Selva of Peru". Organization of American States. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. (in Spanish) Official web site of the Oxapampa Province
  4. Google Earth
  5. Dilwyn Jenkins (2009-07-01). The Rough Guide to Peru. Rough Guides Limited. pp. 487–489. ISBN 978-1-84836-053-2.
  6. "Pasco Region". City Population. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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