District Daniel Hernández

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District Daniel Hernández
The Daniel Hernández district is located south-central in the Tayacaja province (marked in red)
The Daniel Hernández district is located south-central in the Tayacaja province (marked in red)
Basic data
Country Peru
region Huancavelica
province TayacajaTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Mariscal Cáceres
surface 105 km²
Residents 9611 (2017)
density 92 inhabitants per km²
founding January 9, 1956
ISO 3166-2 PE-HUV
politics
Alcalde District Sauro Roberto Berrocal Suárez
(2019-2022)
Political party Movimiento Regional Agua

Coordinates: 12 ° 23 ′  S , 74 ° 51 ′  W

The Daniel Hernández district is located in the Tayacaja Province in the Huancavelica region in southwest central Peru . The district was established on January 9, 1956. The district was named after Daniel Hernández Morillo (1856-1932), a painter from the region who was the first director of the national art academy (Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes.) In Lima.

The district has an area of ​​105 km². The 2017 census counted 9,611 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 8,285, in 2007 9,752. The district administration is located in the small town of Mariscal Cáceres, 3280  m high, with 5577 inhabitants (as of 2017). Mariscal Cáceres is an eastern suburb of the provincial capital Pampas .

Geographical location

The Daniel Hernández district is located in the Peruvian Central Cordillera, south-central in the Tayacaja Province. The Río Upamayu crosses the district in a northeastern direction and flows into the Río Mantaro in the far northeast of the district . The Río Huanchuy limits the district to the north.

The district of Daniel Hernández borders in the west on the districts Pampas and Santiago de Tucuma , in the north on the districts Huaribamba , Salcabamba and Quishuar , in the extreme northeast on the district Andaymarca , in the east on the district Colcabamba and in the extreme southeast on the district Quichuas .

Localities

In addition to the main town, the district has the following larger towns:

  • Atocc (230 inhabitants)
  • Chilcas (342 inhabitants)
  • La Colpa (202 inhabitants)
  • Paltarumi (537 inhabitants)
  • Pampa Blanca (369 inhabitants)
  • Rundo (384 inhabitants)

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