Lalaquiz district
| Lalaquiz district | |
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 The Lalaquiz District is located in the north-west of the Huancabamba Province (marked in red) |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Piura |
| province | Huancabamba |
| Seat | Tunal |
| surface | 146 km² |
| Residents | 4288 (2017) |
| density | 29 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | December 30, 1983 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-PIU |
| politics | |
| Alcalde District | Antonio Francisco Huamán Huamán (2019-2022) |
Coordinates: 5 ° 13 ′ S , 79 ° 41 ′ W
The Lalaquiz district is located in the Huancabamba province of the Piura region in northwestern Peru . The district was established on December 30, 1983. It has an area of 146 km². At the 2017 census there were 4,288 inhabitants in the district. In 1993 the population was 5,999, in 2007 5115. The administrative seat is the village of Tunal , which is about 960 m high and has 575 inhabitants (as of 2017). Tunal is 25 km west of the provincial capital Huancabamba .
Geographical location
The Lalaquiz District is located in the Peruvian Western Cordillera in the north-west of the Huancabamba Province. The Río Bigote , a right tributary of the Río Piura , drains the area to the south.
The Lalaquiz district is bordered on the southwest by the district of San Juan de Bigote , in the northwest on the district Yamango (both in the Morropón Province ), in the northeast on the district Pacaipampa ( ayabaca province ), on the east by the district Huancabamba and to the southeast by the Canchaque District .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Peru: Piura - Provinces & Districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved June 12, 2020.