Ascope District
Ascope District | |||
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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 | Ascope | ||
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) |
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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 |
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 .
Web links
- Municipalidad Provincial de Ascope
- Peru: Region La Libertad (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de
- INEI Perú