Casma district
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 Location of the district in the province of Casma |
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| Country | Peru | ||
| region | Ancash | ||
| province | Casma | ||
| Seat | Casma | ||
| surface | 1,206.3 km² | ||
| Residents | 35,765 (2017) | ||
| density | 30 inhabitants per km² | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-ANC | ||
| Website | municasma.gob.pe (Spanish) | ||
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| Alcalde Provincial | Luis Wilmer Alarcón Llana (2019-2022) | ||
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Coordinates: 9 ° 33 ′ S , 78 ° 13 ′ W
The Casma District is located in the Casma Province in the Ancash region in central western Peru . It has an area of 1206.28 km². The 2017 census counted 35,765 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 23,253, in 2007 28,831. The administrative seat is the provincial capital Casma . In the district there are several archaeological sites of the Sechín culture (3600 BC to 200 BC).
Geographical location
The Casma district stretches across the middle of the province and has proportionally more than half the province area. The district has an approximately 16 km long stretch of coast on the Pacific Ocean in the south of the province. It includes the lower reaches of the Río Casma , along which irrigated agriculture is practiced. Otherwise the landscape consists of desert. The district extends up to 35 km inland. There the barren foothills of the Peruvian Western Cordillera rise with heights of up to 1800 m .
In the north west, the Comandante Noel district extends between the Casma district and the Pacific coast. In the north, the Casma district borders on the province of Santa , in the northeast on the districts of Buenavista Alta and Yaután . In the southeast is the province of Huaraz , in the south the province of Huarmey .
Web links
- Peru: Region Ancash (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de