Pachitea Province

The province of Pachitea is one of the eleven that make up the department of Huánuco. It borders on the north with the province of Huánuco; to the east, with the province of Puerto Inca; to the south, with the department of Pasco, and to the west, with the province of Ambo.

From the hierarchical point of view of the Catholic Church, it is part of the diocese of Huánuco, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Huancayo.

Toponymy

When the province was created in 1918 it took its name from the Pachitea River, a tributary of the Ucayali River.

However, in 1984, the eastern section of its jurisdiction (where the Pachitea River flowed) was dismembered to create the province of Puerto Inca without the province being renamed to reflect its new geographic reality (a case similar to that of the department from Amazon). Thus, the province was left with an obsolete and geographically incongruous place name that has not been corrected to date.

History

The province of Pachitea was created by Law No. 2889, of November 29, 1918, in the government of President José Pardo y Barreda.

Geography

It covers an area of 2629.96 km².

Administrative division

It is divided into four districts:

1. Panao
2. Chaglla
3. Molino
4. Umari

Capital

The capital of the province is the city of Panao.

Population

The province has a population of approximately 55,000.

Authorities

Regionals

• Regional advisers
  • 2019-2022
  1. Rubén Nere Loreña Crisóstomo (Alliance for Progress)
  2. Victor Alberto Aróstegui Yalico (Popular Action)

Municipals

• 2019-2022
  • Mayor: Ridel Barrueta Aróstegui, of Popular Action.
  • Regivers:
  1. Alfredo Edmundo Trinidad Simon (Popular Action)
  2. Macario Jesús Dolasco (Popular Action)
  3. Yeli Mendoza Rojas (Popular Action)
  4. Adrián Lino Rivera (Popular Action)
  5. Mardonio Rivera Jorge (Popular Action)
  6. Baylón Rivera Estela (Popular Action)
  7. Samuel Villanueva Laurencio (National Restoration)
  8. Imer Laurencio Ayala (Avanza Country - Social Integration Party)
  9. Raúl Pedro Blácido Aróstegui (Alianza para el Progreso)

Police

• Commissioner: PNP

PUBLIC MINISTRY: first and second Corporate Provincial Criminal Prosecutor of Pachitea and Provincial Civil Prosecutor and family of Pachitea. PROVINCIAL CRIMINAL PROSECUTORS: Elmer Estrada Munoz Digber Ludeña Zanabria Gisella Paola Soto Galarza Álex Fermín Refulio León