Huancabamba province
province of Piura, Peru
Huancabamba is a landlocked province in the Piura Region in northwestern Peru. The province is the easternmost in the region.
Boundaries
North Ecuador
East Cajamarca Region
South Lambayeque Region
West province of Ayabaca
Political division
The Province has an area of 4,254.14 square kilometers (1,642.53 sq mi) and is divided into eight districts.
Huancabamba
Canchaque
El Carmen de la Frontera
Huarmaca
Lalaquiz
San Miguel de El Faique
Sondor
Sondorillo
Population
The province has an approximate population of 125,000 residents.
Capital
The capital of the province is the city of Huancabamba.
This province is famous by Waringa Lake (Laguna de Huaringas).
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Huancabamba province” as province of Piura, Peru. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as province of Piura, Peru. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1422619. VIAF identifies the subject as 156340782. The Library of Congress control number is no2009106402. Authority coordinates are -5.240, -79.450. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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