Sihuas (Quechua Siwas) is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru.This province was created by Law nº 13485, dated at January 9, 1961, when Manuel Prado was president of Peru.Back page of book "Cómo resurge una Provincia Bolivariana" It is bordered by provinces of Huaylas and Corongo on the west, Pallasca on the north, La Libertad Region on the east, and Pomabamba on the south. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital . Retrieved June 15, 2008.
Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Puka Qaqa at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map province of Sihuas (Ancash Region)
Political division Sihuas is divided into ten districts, which are:
Acobamba Alfonso Ugarte Cashapampa Chingalpo Huayllabamba Quiches Ragash San Juan Sicsibamba Sihuas
Ethnic groups The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (62.89%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.83% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
Earthquake of November 10, 1946 On November 10, 1946, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the province. The epicenter is estimated to have occurred at 8°20' S. 77°50' W. at a depth of 30 – 40 km. The surface fault was observed to run about 18 km northwest from Quiches toward Conchucos. The quake was "the first well-observed instance of major faulting."Charles F. Richter, Elementary Seismology (San Francisco, W.H. Freeman and Co. 1958) p. 768, quoted in Historic Earthquakes. The fault was purely slip-dip (vertical), with an offset of as much as 3.5 meters (11 feet). The quake and resulting landslides resulted in a death toll estimated at 1400 - 1700,Newspaper "El Comercio" of Lima, November 1946, National Library of Peru a substantial number given the sparse population in the area. The village of Acobamba was buried by one landslide, killing 217.
Main events January: Anniversary Province August: Our Lady of the Snow Free traduction, as other cases October: Lord of Miracles Unyén Velezmoro: "La enciclopedia de Áncash"
References
Sources Historic Earthquakes Alexander E. Gates and David Ritchie, Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Third Ed. (New York, Facts on File, Inc. 2007) p. 10 available at Scribd
External links Municipal web site