Luya Province
For the district of the same name, see Luya District.
Luya is located in the south and west part of the department of Amazonas in Peru. Its territory, which partly is ceja de selva, is crossed by branches of the Cordillera Central (namely the Cordillera Blanca) and the Oriental of the Andes, being rasped by deep streams, high pampas and snowed summit. It deserved to be named the streams of Hoyada Grande and Luya, the fertile valleys of Pizuquia and Cesuya, as well as the snow-capped mountains of Shube, Mesón and Santa Clara located in the Cordillera Oriental.
Its principal rivers are:
- Marañon that flows from south to northwest and forms its extensive west limit with the department of Cajamarca
- Utcubamba, which runs from south to north-east and forms its east boundary with the provinces of Chachapoyas and Bongará
- Magunchal, which is born in the heights of the district of Colcamar, runs from south to north and ends into the Utcubamba, forming its most extensive and rich agricultural zone.
The province was created by law of February 5, 1861, has 23 districts and its capital is Lamud.
Political division
Luya is divided into twenty-three districts, which are:
| DISTRICT | MAYOR |
|---|---|
| Camporredondo | Ubil Roberto De La Cruz Dávila |
| Cocabamba | José Tomás Ocampo Pérez |
| Colcamar | Riber Juanito Tuesta Bardales |
| Conila | Pedro Cachay Huamán |
| Inguilpata | Samuel Rodríguez Briceño |
| Lámud | Grimaldo Vásquez Tan |
| Longuita | Lliner Alfonso Tuesta Serván |
| Lonya Chico | Homero Mendoza Reyna |
| Luya | Pedro Quiroz Santillán |
| Luya Viejo | Candelario Vela Chuquizuta |
| María | Ramón Salazar Alvis |
| Ocalli | Carlos Cubas Meléndez |
| Ocumal | Gilmer Mendoza Reyna |
| Pisuquia | Juan Tuesta López |
| Providencia | Segundo Remigio Robledo Jiménez |
| San Cristóbal | Juan Poquioma Valqui |
| San Francisco del Yeso | Daniel Vargas Vergaray |
| San Jerónimo | Pablo Castañeda Gallac |
| San Juan de Lopecancha | Segundo Silberto Bazán Agirre |
| Santa Catalina | Exaltación Guelac De La Cruz |
| Santo Tomás | Hitler Vigo Chauca |
| Tingo | Juan Francisco Castillo Tocto |
| Trita | Wilder Rojas Llanos |
See also
| ||||||
.svg.png){kind=small}
Coordinates: 6°09′34″S 77°56′40″W / 6.159558°S 77.944466°W
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, August 25, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.