Fidel Olivas Escudero District

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Fidel Olivas Escudero District
The district of Fidel Olivas Escudero is located in the northeast of the province of Mariscal Luzuriaga (marked in red)
The district of Fidel Olivas Escudero is located in the northeast of the province of Mariscal Luzuriaga (marked in red)
Basic data
Country Peru
region Ancash
province Mariscal LuzuriagaTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Sanachgan
surface 214 km²
Residents 2030 (2017)
density 9.5 inhabitants per km²
founding May 5th 1960
ISO 3166-2 PE-ANC
politics
Alcalde District David Chávez Matos
(2019-2022)
Political party Movimiento regional El Maicito

Coordinates: 8 ° 48 ′  S , 77 ° 17 ′  W

The district of Fidel Olivas Escudero is located in the province of Mariscal Luzuriaga in the Ancash region in western Peru . The district was established on May 5, 1960. The district was named after Fidel Olivas Escudero (1850-1935), a Peruvian bishop and writer.

The district has an area of ​​214 km². The 2017 census counted 2030 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 2,471, in 2007 2309. The district administration is located in the 2650  m high village of Sanachgan with 175 inhabitants (as of 2017). Sanachgan is 11 km northeast of the provincial capital Piscobamba .

Geographical location

The district of Fidel Olivas Escudero is located in the northeast of the province of Mariscal Luzuriaga on the west bank of the north-flowing Río Marañón .

The district of Fidel Olivas Escudero borders in the south with the districts Eleazar Guzmán Barrón , Musga , Piscobamba and Casca , in the extreme west with the district Pomabamba ( province Pomabamba ), in the north with the district Quinuabamba (province Pomabamba), in the northeast with the districts Huacrachuco and San Buenaventura (both in the province of Marañón ) and in the extreme southeast to the district of Canchabamba ( province of Huacaybamba ).

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