Espinar province
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Espinar is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[1][2]
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Political division
The province is divided into eight districts (Template:Langx, singular: Script error: No such module "Lang".), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parentheses, are:
- Alto Pichigua (Accocunca)
- Condoroma (Condoroma)
- Coporaque (Coporaque)
- Espinar (Yauri)
- Ocoruro (Ocoruro)
- Pallpata (Hector Tejada)
- Pichigua (Pichigua)
- Suykutambo (Suykutambo)
History
On 21 May 2012, agricultural leadership in Espinar Province announced a strike against the planned expansion of Tintaya mine, a copper mine owned by the Swiss corporation Xstrata. The leaders' demands included higher environmental standards, more money for area development, and independent oversight of the mine.[3] Strikers occupied the roads to the mine over the following week, blocking all access. In response, President Ollanta Humala declared a state of emergency in the province, suspending constitutional rights,[4] and deployed police commandos against the strikers.[3] Two civilians were killed in the resulting clashes, and seventy police officers were injured.[4] On 30 May, provincial mayor Oscar Mollohuanca was arrested by the national government and accused of inciting protests against an expansion of a copper mine owned by Xstrata.[5] He was conditionally released on 13 July.[3]
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (68.90%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.75% of the residents started speaking in Spanish (2007 Peru Census).[6]
See also
References
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- ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the province of Espinar (Cusco Region)
- ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Condoroma 2640, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
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