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Ancash

Sihuas Province

Sihuas is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in .This province was created by Law nº 13485, dated at January 9, 1961, when Manuel Prado was president of Peru.
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  • Type: Region with 27,000 residents
  • Description: province of Ancash, Peru
  • Also known as: “Province of Sihuas”, “Provincia de Siguas”, and “Sihuas province”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Qulluta.

Peak
is a mountain in the northern extensions of the in the of which reaches a height of approximately 4,200 m. It is located in the Ancash Region, Sihuas Province, on the border of the districts of and .

Sihuas Province

Latitude
-8.4878° or 8° 29′ 16″ south
Longitude
-77.557° or 77° 33′ 25″ west
Population
27,000
Elevation
4,267 metres (13,999 feet)
Open location code
6734GC6V+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1237030096
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
3691835
Wiki­data ID
Q1779714
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Aymara to Welsh—“Sihuas Province” goes by many names.
  • Aymara: “Siwas jisk’a suyu”
  • Catalan: “província de Sihuas”
  • Catalan: “Sihuas”
  • Cebuano: “Provincia de Sihuas”
  • Chinese: “Sihuas Séng”
  • Chinese: “錫瓦斯省”
  • Czech: “provincie Sihuas”
  • Czech: “Sihuas”
  • Dutch: “Sihuas”
  • French: “province de Sihuas”
  • French: “Province de Sihuas”
  • French: “Sihuas”
  • Georgian: “სიუასი”
  • Georgian: “სიუასის პროვინცია”
  • German: “Provinz Sihuas”
  • Italian: “provincia di Sihuas”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Sihuas”
  • Japanese: “シウアス郡”
  • Lithuanian: “Sihuaso provincija”
  • Lithuanian: “Siuaso provincija”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sihuas Séng”
  • Mingrelian: “სიუასი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sihuas”
  • Norwegian: “Sihuas”
  • Persian: “استان سیئواس”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Sihuas”
  • Portuguese: “Sihuas”
  • Quechua: “Siwas pruwinsya”
  • Quechua: “Siwas wamani”
  • Romanian: “Sihuas (provincie)”
  • Romanian: “Sihuas”
  • Russian: “Сиуас”
  • Spanish: “provincia de Sihuas”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Sihuas”
  • Spanish: “Sihuas”
  • Urdu: “سیہواس صوبہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Sihuas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sihuas”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Sihuas”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Chullín and Túpac Amaru.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Laguna Yuraccocha and Laguna Machahuay.

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