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PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHIQUIÁN FOUNDATION

Fundación Chiquián is a non-profit organization whose goal is to help the cultural development of Chiquián and the province of Bolognesi.



Currently Fundación Chiquián is in charge of the operation of the Manuel Jesús González Guilleros Parish Library.



Fundación Chiquián publishes the website CHIQUIAN.COM in order to make known the cultural, economic and tourist potential of the province of Bolognesi, as well as to give opportunity to the commercial development of the province.



HISTORY OF THE CHIQUIÁN FOUNDATION

Fundación Chiquián was born in September 1999 as a product of the enthusiasm of a group of Chiquianos living in the United States. Antonio Garro, Eliades Zubieta, Hugo Durán, Armando Zarazú and Jorge Durán. Despite living in different cities of the American Union, they agree to try to help their people, more specifically their youth. Aware of the existence, at least theoretically, of the Manuel Jesús Gonzalez Guilleros Parish Library, they decided to take the necessary steps to put this cultural institution into operation in order for it to collaborate in the intellectual development of the studious youth of Chiqui.



The first year there were some logistical difficulties, which were overcome with the entry into the operational management of the library of professors Romeo Reyes and Alfonso Padilla Silva as librarians paid by Fundación Chiquián. Professor Romeo Reyes is currently in charge of the library.



In 2003 Fundación Chiquián sent three modern computers, equipped with all the necessary academic information, for the service of library users. For the installation of the computers and their respective programs, Fundación Chiquián hired and brought Chiquián to the systems engineer, Mr. César Chávez Cano. It is also necessary to mention that these computers were acquired thanks to the enthusiasm of Messrs. César Alva, Abrahan Machuca, Serapio Laureano, Richard Laureano, Hugo Durán, and Mrs. Ana Machuca, Betty Durán, and Sonia Andrade de Alva.



Fundación Chiquian publishes the website CHIQUIAN.COM whose objective is to make known the tourist potential of the province of Bolognesi, in addition to providing free email service with the name of Chiquián.



Currently Fundación Chiquián has as active members Hugo Durán, Betty Laureano de Durán, Armando Zarazú, Nora Jara de Zarazú, Mario Reyes Alzamora and Eduardo Martí, the latter resident in Peru and whose participation is essential for Fundación Chiquián to develop better their activities.



Fundación Chiquián calls on Chiquianos and Bolognese countrymen living abroad to be part of this project. There are a lot of brothers to do.





The Peruvian district of Chiquián is one of the 15 districts of the Province of Bolognesi of which it is its capital, located in the Department of Ancash in Peru.



It limits to the north with the province of Recuay and the district of Aquia, to the east with the district of Huasta, the district of Pacllón and the district of La Primavera, to the south with the district of Abelardo Pardo Lezameta, to the west with the district of Ticllos and the Cajacay district.



The district was created at the time of independence and has an estimated population of over 4,000 inhabitants. Its capital is the town of Chiquián.



To get to its capital Chiquián, from Lima, you must follow the Panamericana Norte highway to kilometer 200 (approx) and take the detour that leads to Huaraz and the Callejón de Huaylas, from there you go up a paved road to the town of Conococha (4,100 masl) (km 124), which owes its name to the lagoon of the same name, origin of the largest river on the Peruvian coast, the Santa River. From this point you must follow the detour that leads to the Antamina mining site until km 13 to, from this point, descend the remaining 17 kilometers along an asphalt road until finally reaching the town of Chiquián, known also as ´´Espejito del Cielo´´ for the incontestable landscapes it has and for the incomparable view of the Cordillera Huayhuash and its highest peak, the snowy Yerupajá (6634 masl), the second highest peak in Peru.







From Huaraz to Chiquian one can be delighted with an incomparable landscape where you will see picturesque villages, mountain ranges and snow-capped mountains. The route itself becomes an adventure full of images that you will not be able to forget because of the beauty of its places, each photo you take will be a postcard.



Chiquian is for all types of tourism, be it ecological tourism, adventure (trekking, cycling, mountaineering, etc), expedition, archaeological, or just rest, there is something for all tastes, it is a small town with great tourist potential, being there contact with MANUEL LARA until August 2008 is the president of the Chiquian Chamber of Tourism, he is an excellent person and host, he can give you more details and guidelines of all the tours that can be done, the town is wonderful one is surrounded from the snowy mountains and from there you can see the Huyahuash Mountain Range.

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