Buenos Aires District (Morropón)
| Buenos Aires District | |||
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 The district of Buenos Aires is centrally located in the province of Morropón (marked in red) |
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| Country | Peru | ||
| region | Piura | ||
| province | Morropón | ||
| Seat | Buenos Aires | ||
| surface | 248 km² | ||
| Residents | 9735 (2017) | ||
| density | 39 inhabitants per km² | ||
| founding | January 20, 1944 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-PIU | ||
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| Alcalde District | Elvis Delgado Jiménez Chinchay (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 5 ° 16 ′ S , 79 ° 58 ′ W
The Buenos Aires District is located in the Morropón Province of the Piura Region in northwestern Peru . The district was established on January 20, 1944. It has an area of 248 km². At the 2017 census, there were 9,735 residents in the district. In 1993 the population was 10,111, in 2007 8753. The administrative center is the 135 m high town of Buenos Aires with 3609 inhabitants (as of 2017). Buenos Aires is located about 30 km southeast of the provincial capital Chulucanas .
Geographical location
The Buenos Aires District is centrally located in the Morropón Province. The district extends over the western flank of the Peruvian Western Cordillera . The Río Piura crosses the western part of the district in a north-westerly direction. Its right tributary, the Río Corrales, flows west along the northwestern district boundary.
The district of Buenos Aires borders in the southwest on the district La Matanza , in the north on the districts Morropón , Santa Catalina de Mossa and Yamango , in the east on the district San Juan de Bigote and in the southeast on the district Salitral .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Peru: Piura - Provinces & Districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
