Aguas Verdes district

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Aguas Verdes district
Location of the district in the Tumbes region
Location of the district in the Tumbes region
Symbols
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flag
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Peru
region Tumbes
province ZarumillaTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Aguas Verdes
surface 46.1 km²
Residents 17,306 (2017)
density 376 inhabitants per km²
founding January 11, 1985
ISO 3166-2 PE-TUM
Website www.muniaguasverdes.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Alcalde District Franklin Mario Silupu Tello
(2019-2022)
Political party Aguas Verdes Nueva Generación
Street scene in the city of Aguas Verdes
Street scene in the city of Aguas Verdes

Coordinates: 3 ° 28 ′ 55 "  S , 80 ° 14 ′ 43"  W

The district of Aguas Verdes ( Aguas Verdes Spanish for "green water") is located in the province of Zarumilla in the Tumbes region in the far northwest of Peru . The district was established on January 11, 1985. In the 2017 census, 17,366 inhabitants lived on an area of ​​46.06 km². In 1993 the population was 7,977, in 2007 16,058. The administrative seat is the small town of Aguas Verdes with 2057 inhabitants (as of 2017). Aguas Verdes is located on the right bank of the Río Zarumilla at an altitude of 7  m , 4 km northeast of the provincial capital Zarumilla . The main town of Aguas Verdes is on the border with Ecuador . On the other side of the border is the city of Huaquillas . The Panamericana highway (in Peru the national road 1N) coming from Ecuador crosses the district.

Geographical location

The Aguas Verdes district is located in the northeast of the Zarumilla province. The river Río Zarumilla (new river course) crosses the district in a predominantly northwest direction. The old course of the Río Zarumilla runs along the state border with Ecuador in the north.

The Aguas Verdes district borders on the Zarumilla district to the west and north, the Huaquillas and Arenillas cantons of the Ecuadorian province of El Oro to the east and the Papayal district to the southwest .

Locations in the district

In addition to the administrative seat of Aguas Verdes, there are also the following cities and towns in the district:

  • Cuchareta Alta
  • Cuchareta Baja
  • La Curva
  • Loma Saavedra
  • Nueva Esperanza
  • Pocitos

La Curva forms the eastern part of the metropolitan area of ​​Zarumilla and had 13,739 inhabitants in 2017.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Peru: Tumbes - Provinces & Districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved March 10, 2020.

Web links

Commons : Aguas Verdes District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files