Constitución District

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Constitución District
Location of the district (light blue) in the Oxapampa province
Location of the district (light blue) in the Oxapampa province
Basic data
Country Peru
region Pasco
province OxapampaTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Ciudad Constitución
surface 3,171.5 km²
Residents 13,634 (2017)
density 4.3 inhabitants per km²
founding June 14, 2010
ISO 3166-2 PE-PAS
Website www.municonstitucion.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Alcalde District Booz Mariano Chávez Huaraca
(2019-2022)
Road bridge over the Río Palcazú near Ciudad Constitución
Road bridge over the Río Palcazú near Ciudad Constitución

Coordinates: 9 ° 51 ′  S , 75 ° 1 ′  W

The Constitución District is one of eight districts of the province Oxapampa in the region Pasco in Peru . It was formed in 2010 from parts of the Puerto Bermúdez district. The district extends over an area of ​​3171 km² (according to other sources: 3053 km²). In the 2017 census, 13,634 inhabitants were counted in the district. Eight Asháninka villages and three Yanesha villages belong to it . The administrative center is the city ​​of Ciudad Constitución , located at an altitude of 239  m on the Río Palcazú , with 6334 inhabitants (as of 2017).

Geographical location

The Constitución district extends over the suburban region on the edge of the Amazon basin in the northeast of the Oxapampa province. The two headwaters of the Río Pachitea , Río Palcazú and Río Pichis flow through the west of the district. The eastern part of the district is criss-crossed by the ridges of the up to 2300  m high Sira Mountains . The district Constitución borders in the north on the district Yuyapichis ( province Puerto Inca ), in the east on the district Iparía ( province Coronel Portillo ), in the south on the district Puerto Bermúdez and in the west on the district Palcazú .

Individual evidence

  1. Law 29541 of June 14, 2010
  2. http://elcomercio.pe/blog/huellasdigitales/2014/05/a-30-anos-de-la-fundacion-de-ciudad-constitucion

Web links

Commons : District Constitución  - collection of images, videos and audio files