November 16 - Anniversary of Huaripampa in Peru

Posted on November 16, 2020

The nation of Peru is divided into 25 regions, with 1 to 20 provinces in each region – that’s 196 provinces in all. (Lima Province does not belong to any region.) And all of those provinces are divided into districts. There are 1,838 districts!

Key Points

One of those many, many districts of Peru is Huaripampa, which is located in the province Jauja, which is located in the region of Junín.

Let me just say that I totally get that there are confusing names in my own country (the United States) – like, when you say “I’m off to Washington,” a lot of people will assume you mean the capital city of the nation, Washington, D.C., but a lot of people will assume you mean the state of Washington…and maybe you mean Washington University, in St. Louis!

There is a movement afoot to make Washington, D.C.,
into a state. If this ever happens, it will need to firm up
its state name – and right now the powers-that-be are
wanting to keep “Washington D.C.” for the state name!!

Interestingly, Washington State originally wanted its
name to be Columbia, but people poo-pooed the idea
because it would be confusing to have a state of Columbia
and a District of Columbia.

But – that said – I found it really confusing to see that there is a Huaripampa “locality” in the province of Huaraz, and another Huaripampa “main locality” in the province of Huaylas, and yet another Huaripampa locality in the province of Mariscal Luzuriaga, AND Huaripampa Alto and Huaripampa Bajo localities in the province of Huari! And all of these localities and provinces are located in the Áncash Region.

This photo is taken in the Hauripampa located in the
province of Huaraz.

Also a bit confusing: Junín is the name of a town, a province, and a region. (Thank goodness, the town of Junín is located in the province of Junín, which is located in the region of Junín. That does make it a little bit easier!)

Check out Pichiluli Natural Park, located in the Huaripampa in the region of Junín (but the province of Juaja!) – which is the one we are celebrating today: