Ascope District

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Ascope District
The Ascope District is located in the northeast of the Ascope Province (marked in red)
The Ascope District is located in the northeast of the Ascope Province (marked in red)
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Basic data
Country Peru
region La Libertad
province AscopeTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Ascope
surface 298.8 km²
Residents 6462 (2017)
density 22 inhabitants per km²
founding November 10, 1900
ISO 3166-2 PE-LAL
Website www.muniascope.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Alcalde Provincial John Román Vargas Campos
(2019-2022)
Political party Súmate - Perú Posible
Lowlands north of the Río Chicama; The town of Ascope is in the background at the foot of the mountains
Lowlands north of the Río Chicama; The town of Ascope is in the background at the foot of the mountains

Coordinates: 7 ° 43 ′  S , 79 ° 6 ′  W

The Ascope district is located in the Ascope Province in the La Libertad region in northwestern Peru . The district was founded on November 10, 1900. The 298.8 km² district had 6462 inhabitants at the 2017 census. Ten years earlier the population was 7012. The newly founded Casa Grande district was spun off from the Ascope district at the end of the 20th century. The administrative seat is the 230  m high provincial capital Ascope . The Chicama River flows west along the southern district boundary . Irrigated agriculture is practiced in the lowlands. On the slopes of the up to 2000  m high Peruvian Western Cordillera and in the north of the district there is desert vegetation.

Geographical location

The Ascope district is located in the northeast of the Ascope province on the western flank of the Western Peruvian Cordillera. The Ascope district borders on the Casa Grande district in the west, the San Benito district ( Contumazá province ) in the northeast and the Chicama district in the south .

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