{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name = Corongo | settlement_type = Province | image_skyline = Parque municipal en Corongo.jpg | imagesize = 250 | image_caption = Municipal Park in Corongo | image_flag = | image_blank_emblem = Bandera Provincia de Corongo.png | blank_emblem_type = Coat of Arms of Corongo | blank_emblem_size = 200 | blank_emblem_link = Coat of Arms of Corongo | image_map = Location of the province Corongo in Ancash.PNG | mapsize = 150 | map_caption = Location of Corongo in the Ancash Region | image_map1 = Peru - Ancash Department (locator map).svg | mapsize1 = 150 | map_caption1 = Location of Ancash in Perú | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Peru | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Ancash | established_title = Founded | established_date = | seat_type = Capital | seat = Corongo | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = JULIO FELIX DE LA CRUZ ARAMBURU (2007) | area_total_km2 = 988.01 | elevation_m = | population_total = 7,786 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = UBIGEO | blank_info_sec1 = | website = }} '''Corongo''' is one of 20 provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru. Its capital is Corongo located at an altitude of 3,141 m (10,305 ft).
Corongo is situated in a calm valley where the river of the same name runs. It is bordered by the following provinces: to the north and to the west by Pallasca, to the east by Sihuas and to the south by Huaylas and Santa. At the time of census 2005 the province had 7,786 inhabitants,<ref>[http://www1.inei.gob.pe/ www1.inei.gob.pe, Banco de Información Distrital]</ref> distributed in the urban zone and mainly in the countryside.
Corongo has a great variety of places to visit, especially lakes located in the high parts of the province, and the thermal baths of Aticara and Pacatqui.
The geographical coordinates are 8º30'34" S and 77º54'37" W.
== Geography == Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:<ref name=escale/>
{{Columns-list|colwidth=15em| * Anka Raqra * Aqus Punta * Asnu Qucha * Ayan Quri * Kunkayuq * Kuntur Wasi * Maray Pampa * Ñuñuyuq * Parya Chuku * Pillu Kunka * Puka Ch'uru * Puka Puyku * Puma * P'isqu Chaka * Puka Hirka * Puka Pampa * P'aqra * Qayqu * Qullpa Hanka * Q'ara Hirka * Sara Pirqan * Wamani * Winchu Qucha * Winchus * Winchus Hirka * Yawar Qucha }}
==Political division==
Corongo is divided into seven districts, which are: * Aco * Bambas * Corongo * Cusca * La Pampa * Yanac * Yupan
== Ethnic groups == The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (90.35%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.44% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).<ref>[http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127005551/http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales%3Fori%3DC |date=January 27, 2013 }} INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007</ref>
== See also == * Llamaqucha * Quyllurqucha
== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=escale>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the province of Corongo (Ancash Region)</ref> }}
{{Provinces of Ancash Region}} {{Authority control}}
{{Coord|8|30|34|S|77|54|37|W|source:eswiki|display=title}}
Corongo Province
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