Oxapampa Province
# Oxapampa Province

10°34′26″S 75°24′18″W﻿ / ﻿10.574°S 75.405°W﻿ / -10.574; -75.405

The Oxapampa Province (Spanish: Provincia de Oxapampa) is the largest of three provinces that make up the Pasco Region in Peru. The capital of the Oxapampa province is the city of Oxapampa. The province is located on the eastern slopes of the Andes reaching down to the lowlands of the Amazon Basin. The high point of the province is approximately 5,300 metres (17,400 ft) in elevation near the summit of Huaguruncho mountain in the Huancabamba District and the low point is approximately 200 metres (660 ft) on the Pachitea River in the Constitución District.

The Cerro de la Sal, an important source of salt for the indigenous people of the Amazon Basin since pre-historic times is located in the Villa Rica District of the province. The southeastern part of the province is the location of the Gran Pajonal (Great Grassland), an elevated plateau occupied by the Asháninka people.

Oxapampa is best known for the colonists from Austria and Germany who established one of the first European settlements (in Peru) east of the Andes in remote Pozuzo District in 1859 and founded the towns of Oxapampa in 1891 and Villa Rica in 1928. Germanic influence remains in the architecture and culture of these districts.

## Political divisions

The Oxapampa Province is divided into eight districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde):

Districts of Oxapampa Province :

| District | Capital | Area | Population (1993) | Population (2017) | elevation (of capital) | coordinates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chontabamba | Chontabamba | 450 $km^2$ (170 sq mi) | 2,460 | 5,637 | 1,828 m (5,997 ft) | 10°36′11″S 75°26′20″W﻿ / ﻿10.603°S 75.439°W﻿ / -10.603; -75.439 |
| Constitución | Ciudad Constitución | 3,053 $km^2$ (1,179 sq mi) | Created 2010 | 15,230 | 232 m (761 ft) | 9°50′53″S 75°00′58″W﻿ / ﻿9.848°S 75.016°W﻿ / -9.848; -75.016 |
| Huancabamba | Huancabamba | 1,237 $km^2$ (478 sq mi) | 5,746 | 6,891 | 1,666 m (5,466 ft) | 10°25′34″S 75°31′30″W﻿ / ﻿10.426°S 75.525°W﻿ / -10.426; -75.525 |
| Oxapampa District | Oxapampa | 412 $km^2$ (159 sq mi) | 12,826 | 16,565 | 1,812 m (5,945 ft) | 10°34′26″S 75°24′18″W﻿ / ﻿10.574°S 75.405°W﻿ / -10.574; -75.405 |
| Palcazú District | Iscozacín | 2,887 $km^2$ (1,115 sq mi) | 5,687 | 8,257 | 275 m (902 ft) | 10°11′02″S 75°09′00″W﻿ / ﻿10.184°S 75.150°W﻿ / -10.184; -75.150 |
| Pozuzo District | Pozuzo | 1,394 $km^2$ (538 sq mi) | 5,053 | 5,128 | 731 m (2,398 ft) | 10°04′16″S 75°33′04″W﻿ / ﻿10.071°S 75.551°W﻿ / -10.071; -75.551 |
| Puerto Bermúdez District | Puerto Bermúdez | 7,634 $km^2$ (2,948 sq mi) | 13,787 (see note) | 19,968 | 258 m (846 ft) | 10°17′53″S 74°56′13″W﻿ / ﻿10.298°S 74.937°W﻿ / -10.298; -74.937 |
| Villa Rica District | Villa Rica | 788 $km^2$ (304 sq mi) | 14,739 | 18,763 | 1,466 m (4,810 ft) | 10°44′06″S 75°16′05″W﻿ / ﻿10.735°S 75.268°W﻿ / -10.735; -75.268 |
| Total: Oxapampa | Oxapampa | 18,674 $km^2$ (7,210 sq mi) | 60,298 | 96,169 | 1,812 m (5,945 ft) | |

## Places of interest

* Cerro de la Sal
* El Sira Communal Reserve
* Gran Pajonal
* San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest
* Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park
* Yanesha Communal Reserve
