🇵🇪 Lauricocha province

Lauricocha is one of 11 provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of the province is Jesús. The province is found at high elevations in the Andes. The highest elevation in the province is snow-capped Yerupaja peak with an elevation of 6,617 m (21,709 ft) and the lowest elevation is approximately 3,200 m (10,500 ft) along the Marañon River north of the town of Rondos. The population of the province was 19,956 in 2017 and had been declining for many years before that.