La Convención province
La Convención | |
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Choquequirao, an Inca ruin. | |
Location of La Convención in the Cusco Region | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Cusco |
| Capital | Quillabamba |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hernán De La Torre Dueñas (2019-2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 30,061.82 km2 (11,606.93 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 147,148 |
| • Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| UBIGEO | 0809 |
| Website | https://www.gob.pe/munilaconvencion |
La Convención is the largest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
As part of the higher-altitude Amazon basin at the foot of the Andes, La Convención is one of three Peruvian provinces that prominently figure in national coffee production, the other being Chanchamayo province in Junín and Jaén province in Cajamarca.