Calango District
| Calango District | |||
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 The district of Calango is located in the northeast of the province of Cañete (marked in red) |
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| Country | Peru | ||
| region | Lima | ||
| province | Cañete | ||
| Seat | Calango | ||
| surface | 530.9 km² | ||
| Residents | 2269 (2017) | ||
| density | 4.3 inhabitants per km² | ||
| founding | November 4, 1887 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-LIM | ||
| Website | municalango.gob.pe (Spanish) | ||
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| Alcaldesa district | Lucía Rodríguez Huambachano (2019-2022) |
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| Political party | Alianza para el Progreso | ||
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Coordinates: 12 ° 32 ′ S , 76 ° 33 ′ W
The Calango district is located in the Cañete province of the Lima region in central western Peru . The district was founded on November 4, 1887. It has an area of 530.89 km². At the 2017 census, 2269 inhabitants lived in the district. In 1993 the population was 2070, in 2007 2224. The administrative seat is the town of Calango with 736 inhabitants located on the Río Mala at an altitude of 305 m (as of 2017).
Geographical location
The Calango district is located in the Peruvian Western Cordillera in the northeast of the Cañete province. The river Río Mala crosses the district over a length of about 44 km in a predominantly south-westerly direction.
The Calango district borders on the Santa Cruz de Flores district to the west, the Chilca and Santo Domingo de los Olleros districts ( Huarochirí province ) to the northwest, the Mariatana district (also in the Huarochirí province ) to the northeast, and the districts to the east Quinocay and Omas (both in the province of Yauyos ), in the south to the district of Coayllo and in the south-west to the district of Mala .
Web links
- Municipalidad Distrital de Calango
- Peru: Region Lima (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de