These
three provinces are
extended over 8,000
Km2 with 81,000 inhabitants.
According to the
development scale
of values, these
3 “ high Provinces” are
at the last position.
99% of inhabitants
are native and speak
quechua language.
During the last centuries,
people have chosen
to take refuge in
these inhospitable
and wild places to
escape from pre-Inca
Inca and colonial
invasions and harassments.
This explains the
natural mistrust
towards each person
who is not part of
their clan and their
devotion to old traditions
that helped their
survival. |
In
1968 Pope Paulus
VI instituted The
Prelatura of Chuquibambilla,
which gathers the
territory of 3 High
Provinces of Grau,
Antabamba and Cotabambas,
detached it from
Abancav Diocese,
chief town of the
region, that remained
with other 4 Provinces
of the district.
The Prelatura of
Chuquibambilla is
the smallest ecclesiastical
Peru’s jurisdiction
concerning both territory
extension and numbers
of inhabitants, but
it is extremely uneven
and with many difficulties
in communications. |
