Santa Province

Santa[1]
Location of Santa[1] in the Ancash region
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Founded	February 12 1821
Capital	Chimbote
Area
Area Elevation (capital)	4,004.99 km2
Population (as of the 2005 Census)
Population  - Total  - Density	406,605 100.78/km²
Mayor	GUZMAN AGUIRRE ALTAMIRANO (2007)
Subdivisions	9 districts
Official website
www.munisanta.gob.pe

The Santa Province is one of 20 provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru. The city and port of Santa are placed in the huge and rich fertile valley of the rivers Santa and Lacramarca. These valleys have extensive sown plains with cotton, rice, sugar and nutritional products. The city of Santa is the first colonial city of the Ancash coast. This rich valley is formed by the outlet of the Santa River. The Santa River is born in the Conococha lagoon in the Cordillera Blanca (White mountain range). It crosses the Callejón de Huaylas ("Alley of Huaylas") in all its extension. It also cut the Cordillera Negra (Black mountain range) in the imposing Cañón del Pato (Mountain trail of the Duck) and it ends at the plains of Santa, after a distance traveled of 336 km. The province of Santa was created on February 12, 1821. Its capital, Chimbote, that long time ago became the first fishing port of the world, is the most important city of the coastal zone of Ancash.

Political division

Santa is divided into nine districts, which are^[2]:

References

1. ^ (Spanish) Official web site of the Santa Province
2. ^ (Spanish) Official web site of INEI

External links

(Spanish) Official web site of the Santa Province

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Provinces of Ancash Region | Peru

Aija | Antonio Raimondi | Asunción | Bolognesi | Carhuaz | Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald | Casma | Corongo | Huaraz | Huari | Huarmey | Huaylas | Mariscal Luzuriaga | Ocros | Pallasca | Pomabamba | Recuay | Santa | Sihuas | Yungay