Marañón Province
# Marañón Province

The Marañón Province is one of eleven provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Huacrachuco. The province has a population of 23,000 inhabitants as of 2002.

## Boundaries

* North: La Libertad Region, San Martín Region
* East: Leoncio Prado Province
* South: Huacaybamba Province
* West: Ancash Region

## Political division

The province is divided into three districts, which are:

* Cholón (San Pedro de Chonta)
* Huacrachuco (Huacrachuco)
* San Buenaventura (San Buenaventura)

## Ethnic groups

The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (74.84%) learned to speak in childhood, 24.75% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).

