Pataz is one of twelve provinces of the La Libertad Region in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Tayabamba.
History The village of Pataz (now within Pataz District in the province) was founded on June 29, 1564 by Spanish explorers Pedro Contreras and Enrique Garcés.PLAN ANUAL DE CONTRATACIONES CON EL ESTADO Y SU REPERCUSIÓN EN LA EJECUCION DEL PRESUPUESTO DE LA MUNICIPALIDAD PROVINCIAL DE PATAZ 2020, p. 27 (2021)
A "Partido de Pataz" existed within Intendancy of Trujillo in the Viceroyalty of Peru prior to Peru's independence, and the corregimiento of Pataz (also called Cajamarquilla) existed before that. After independence was proclaimed in 1821, the province of Pataz was created within the Department of Trujillo,A Study of the Question of Boundaries Between the Republics of Peru and Ecuador, p. 172 (1910) which was renamed the Department of La Libertad in 1825. The province was moved to new Department of Amazonas in 1832, but moved back to La Libertad in 1840, and the mining settlement of Parcoy was named capital of the province. The capital was moved to Tayabamba in 1895.Demarcación política del Perú: 1821-1967 (1968), p. 211
A portion of the province was separated into the new Bolívar province in 1916 (though called Cajamarquilla until 1925).Ley No. 2346 (1916)
Political division The province is divided into thirteen districts, which are:
Buldibuyo Chillia Huancaspata Huaylillas Huayo Ongón Parcoy Pataz Pías Santiago de Challas Taurija Tayabamba Urpay
References
External links Official website of the Pataz province