Population
Cordillera Negra as well as Cordillera Blanca almost 100% are situated in the Peruvian Ancash Region.
In the 1960s, Cueva del Guitarrero (Guitarrero Cave) was discovered on the northern edges of Cordillera Negra, a cave containing bones of mastodon and llama and suggesting human occupation as far back as 10,950 to 10,230 BC.
Today, Cordillera Negra is sparsely inhabited by mainly native Indian population growing wheat, maize and oats at an elevation of well above 4,000 m. The cordillera is rich in mineral resources like gold, silver and copper.
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