Marañón Province

The Marañón Province is one of eleven provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Huacrachuco. The province has a population of 23,000 inhabitants as of 2002.

Boundaries

 * North: La Libertad Region, San Martín Region
 * East: Leoncio Prado Province
 * South: Huacaybamba Province
 * West: Ancash Region

Political division
The province is divided into three districts, which are:


 * Cholón (San Pedro de Chonta)
 * Huacrachuco (Huacrachuco)
 * San Buenaventura (San Buenaventura)

Ethnic groups
The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (74.84%) learned to speak in childhood, 24.75% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).