Oxapampa is the largest of three provinces that make up the Pasco Region in Peru. Official web site of the Oxapampa Province The capital of the province is the city of Oxapampa. The province is located on the eastern slopes of the Andes reaching down to the lowlands of the Amazon Basin. The high point of the province is approximately in elevation near the summit of Huaguruncho mountain in the Huancabamba District and the low point is approximately on the Pachitea River in the Constitución District.Google Earth

The Cerro de la Sal, an important source of salt for the indigenous people of the Amazon Basin since pre-historic times is located in the Villa Rica District of the province. The southeastern part of the province is the location of the Gran Pajonal (Great Grassland), an elevated plateau occupied by the Asháninka people.

Oxapampa is best known for the colonists from Austria and Germany who established one of the first European settlements (in Peru) east of the Andes in remote Pozuzo District in 1859 and founded the towns of Oxapampa in 1891 and Villa Rica in 1928. Germanic influence remains in the architecture and culture of these districts.

Political divisions The province of Oxapampa is divided into eight districts (, singular: ), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde):

Districts of Oxapampa Province District Capital Area Population (1993) Population (2017) elevation (of capital) coordinates Chontabamba Chontabamba 2,460 5,637 Constitución Ciudad Constitución Created 2010 15,230 Huancabamba Huancabamba 5,746 6,891 Oxapampa District Oxapampa 12,826 16,565 Palcazú District Iscozacín 5,687 8,257 Pozuzo District Pozuzo 5,053 5,128 Puerto Bermúdez District Puerto Bermúdez 13,787 (see note) 19,968 Villa Rica District Villa Rica 14,739 18,763 Total: Oxapampa Oxapampa 60,298 96,169

Places of interest

Cerro de la Sal El Sira Communal Reserve Gran Pajonal San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park Yanesha Communal Reserve

References

External links Official web site of the Oxapampa Province Pozuzo Information