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Santa Cruz province, Peru
Province in Cajamarca Region, Peru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Santa Cruz is a province in the Cajamarca Region of Peru, with its capital at Santa Cruz de Succhabamba. The province has an area of 1,417.93 km2 and the government population estimate for 2002 is 49,302, with the 1993 census showing a population of 44,571. Agriculture is the predominant economic activity.
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Geography
The province of Santa Cruz's land area is 1,423 km2, 4.2% of the total of the Cajamarca Region. It is mostly mountainous in relief. It is located on the Western Mountain range of the Andes and is bounded by the mountains that descend to the coast and the deep rivers that carve the mountains. Its lowest elevation is in the Saña River, near the small village of Pan de Azucar, 265 meters above sea level, and highest in the Cerro Cimarrones, 3,600 meters above sea level, south of the town of Pulán.
It is bounded to the North by Chota, to the East by Hualgayoc and Chota, to the South by San Miguel, and to the West by Lambayeque.
The climate is varied with an average temperature of 22 °C. in the Chala area and 17 °C. in the Yunga area.
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Political division
The province is divided into eleven districts:
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Places of interest
See also
References
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital. Retrieved November 4, 2007
External links
The dictionary definition of santa cruz province, peru at Wiktionary
Media related to Santa Cruz Province, Peru at Wikimedia Commons
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