El Ingenio district

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El Ingenio district
The El Ingenio district is located in the northeast of the Nasca province
The El Ingenio district is located in the northeast of the Nasca province
Basic data
Country Peru
region Ica
province NascaTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat El Ingenio
surface 612 km²
Residents 3366 (2017)
density 5.5 inhabitants per km²
founding November 19, 1917
ISO 3166-2 PE-ICA
politics
Alcalde District Carlos Manuel Cabrera Gutiérrez
(2019-2022)
Political party Movimiento Regional Obras por la Modernidad
Church ruins Iglesia Jesuita de San José
Church ruins Iglesia Jesuita de San José

Coordinates: 14 ° 39 ′  S , 75 ° 4 ′  W

The district of El Ingenio is located in the Nasca Province in the Ica region in southwest Peru . The district was founded on November 19, 1917. It has an area of ​​612 km². The 2017 census counted 3366 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 3214, in 2007 it was 2032. The seat of the district administration is the 445  m high village of El Ingenio with 520 inhabitants (as of 2017). El Ingenio is located 24 km northwest of the provincial capital Nasca .

Geographical location

The El Ingenio district is located in the northeast of the Nasca province. The course of the Río Ingenio crosses the district in a westerly direction. Irrigated agriculture takes place along this. A large part of the area is traversed by the foothills of the Peruvian Western Cordillera . The coastal desert of Peru extends to the far west. This is where the well-known Nazca Lines are located . The national road 1S ( Panamericana ) from Palpa to Nasca cuts through the west of the district and then continues south along the southwestern district border.

The El Ingenio district borders on the Nasca district in the south, the Changuillo district in the west, the Llipata district ( Palpa province ) in the northwest, the Ocaña district in the north, the Otoca district in the northeast and the Leoncio district in the east Prado (the latter three districts are in the province of Lucanas ).

Localities

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

  • El Estudiante (251 inhabitants)
  • El Molino
  • El Palmar
  • Guadalupe
  • La Banda
  • San Antonio
  • San Francisco
  • San Jose
  • San Miguel de la Pascana (518 inhabitants)
  • San Pablo
  • Santa Isabel
  • Sinccachi
  • Tulin (1060 inhabitants)

Web links

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