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Mariscal Luzuriaga | |
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 Looking west across a lake near Jarhuajara to the Cordillera Blanca | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Mariscal Luzuriaga in the Ancash Region | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Capital | Piscobamba |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Enrique Ponte Ayala |
| Area | |
| • Total | 731 km2 (282 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 20,284 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (72/sq mi) |
The Mariscal Luzuriaga Province (Spanish: mariscal, 'marshal') is one of 20 provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru. It was created by law 12541 on January 12, 1956, and named after the Peruvian marshal and Argentine general Toribio de Luzuriaga.[1]
Since the Inca roads crossed its territory up to the Ecuador, where its capital Piscobamba is located now, there was a strategic tambo during the Inca's time. Pisqu Pampa means "bird plain" in Quechua.[2] This place has a special attraction due to four mythical hills: Kampanayuq, Aswaq, Amañico and Wankash. Bloody battles were performed here by the armies of the Inca Tupac Yupanqui and the conchucos, piscopampas and huaras.[3] See Garcilaso: "Comentarios reales" .
- ^ Neyra Valverde: "Cómo resurge una Provincia Luzuriaguina" ISBN 978-612-00-1099-0 pg. 193
- ^ Nonato Rufino Chuquimamani Valer, Carmen Gladis Alosilla Morales, Victoria Choque Valer: Qullaw Qichwapa Simi Qullqan. Lima, 2014 Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Neyra Valverde: "Provincia de Mariscal Luzuriaga. Capital Piscobamba.Distritos. Ediciones Iaccu", depósito legal BNP Nº2011-07837