Andaray District
| Andaray District | |
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 The Andaray district is located in the central south of the Condesuyos Province (marked in red) |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Arequipa |
| province | Condesuyos |
| Seat | Andaray |
| surface | 810 km² |
| Residents | 711 (2017) |
| density | 0.9 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | January 2, 1857 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-ARE |
| politics | |
| Alcalde District | Galo Miguel Sarmiento Sánchez (2019-2022) |
| Political party | Arequipa Transformación |
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Coordinates: 15 ° 48 ′ S , 72 ° 52 ′ W
The Andaray District is located in the Condesuyos Province in the Arequipa region in southwestern Peru . The district was founded on January 2, 1857. It has an area of 810 km². The 2017 census counted 711 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 762, in 2007 it was 719. The district administration is located in the 3050 m high village of Andaray with 243 inhabitants (as of 2017). Andaray is located 22 km west-northwest of the provincial capital Chuquibamba .
Geographical location
The district of Andaray has a longitudinal extension in the NNW-SSE direction of 93 km. In the north it extends to the 6425 m high Coropuna volcano and in the south up to almost 50 km to the Pacific coast . The district extends over the arid plateau south of the Cordillera Volcánica in the central south of the Condesuyos province. The Quebrada Chorunga, a left tributary of the Río Ocoña , flows along the western district boundary to the southwest
The district of Andaray borders in the south on the districts Ocoña and Mariano Nicolás Valcárcel ( province Camaná ), in the west on the districts Río Grande and Yanaquihua , in the north on the district Salamanca , in the extreme northeast on the district Pampacolca ( province Castilla ) and in the east to the Chuquibamba District .
Web links
- Peru: Arequipa region (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de
- INEI Perú