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 26,600 residents
  • Description: province of Ancash, Peru
  • Also known as: “province de Sihuas”, “Province of Sihuas”, “Provincia de Siguas”, “provincia de Sihuas”, “província de Sihuas”, “Província de Sihuas”, “provincie Sihuas”, and “Sihuas province”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Qulluta.

Peak
is a mountain in the northern extensions…

Sihuas Province

Latitude
-8.4878° or 8° 29′ 16″ south
Longitude
-77.557° or 77° 33′ 25″ west
Population
26,600
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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In Other Languages

From Aymara to Welsh—“Sihuas Province” goes by many names.
  • Aymara: “Siwas jisk’a suyu”
  • Catalan: “Sihuas”
  • Cebuano: “Provincia de Sihuas”
  • Chinese: “錫瓦斯省”
  • Czech: “Sihuas”
  • Dutch: “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: “Sihuas”
  • Quechua: “Siwas pruwinsya”
  • Quechua: “Siwas wamani”
  • Romanian: “Sihuas (provincie)”
  • Romanian: “Sihuas”
  • Russian: “Сиуас”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Sihuas”
  • Spanish: “Sihuas”
  • Urdu: “سیہواس صوبہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Sihuas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sihuas”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Sihuas”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Chullín and Túpac Amaru.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Laguna Cushurobamba and Laguna Yuraccocha.

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