José Crespo y Castillo district
| José Crespo y Castillo district | ||
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 Location of the district in the province of Leoncio Prado |
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| Country | Peru | |
| region | Huánuco | |
| province | Leoncio Prado | |
| Seat | Aucayacu | |
| surface | 1498 km² | |
| Residents | 22,149 (2017) | |
| density | 15 inhabitants per km² | |
| founding | December 26, 1963 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-HUC | |
| Website | muniaucayacu.gob.pe (Spanish) | |
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| Alcaldesa district | Madelem Silvia Cloud Tapia (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 8 ° 56 ′ S , 76 ° 7 ′ W
The José Crespo y Castillo district is located in the Leoncio Prado province in the Huánuco region in central Peru . The district was established on December 26, 1963. The district was named after José Crespo y Castillo (1747-1812), a leader of the Huánuco uprising in 1812. In 2015 and 2016, the newly founded districts of Pucayacu , Pueblo Nuevo and Santo Domingo de Anda were part of the district area of José Crespo y Castillo separated.
The José Crespo y Castillo district currently has an area of 1498 km². The 2017 census counted 22,149 inhabitants. The administrative seat of the district is the city of Aucayacu , located on the right bank of the Río Huallaga at an altitude of 540 m , with 16,929 inhabitants (as of 2017). Aucayacu is located about 45 km north of the provincial capital Tingo María .
Geographical location
The district is located in the northwest of the Leoncio Prado province. It has a longitudinal extension in east-west direction of 65 km. To the west of the district is the eastern flank of the Peruvian Central Cordillera . The eastern district boundary runs along the watershed of the Cordillera Azul , a ridge of the Peruvian Eastern Cordillera . The Río Huallaga flows through the district in a northerly direction.
The José Crespo y Castillo district borders in the southwest and west by the district of Cochabamba , in the northwest on the district La Morada , on the north by the districts Nuevo Progreso ( province Tocache ) and Pucayacu, on the east by the districts Contamana ( province of Ucayali ) and Padre Abad ( province of Padre Abad ), in the southeast to the districts of Santo Domingo de Anda and Pueblo Nuevo and in the south to the districts of Rupa-Rupa and Monzón .
Individual evidence
- ↑ PERU: Huánuco Region - Provinces and Districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
