Lancones district

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Lancones district
The district of Lancones is located in the northeast of the province of Sullana (marked in red)
The district of Lancones is located in the northeast of the province of Sullana (marked in red)
Basic data
Country Peru
region Piura
province SullanaTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Lancones
surface 2,189.4 km²
Residents 12,119 (2017)
density 5.5 inhabitants per km²
founding December 3, 1917
ISO 3166-2 PE-PIU
Website munilancones.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Alcalde District Carlos Simón Gálvez Gutiérrez
(2019-2022)
Political party Modelo

Coordinates: 4 ° 38 ′  S , 80 ° 33 ′  W

The Lancones district is located in the Sullana province of the Piura region in northwestern Peru . The district was established on December 3, 1917. It has an area of ​​2189.35 km². At the 2017 census, there were 12,119 residents in the district. In 1993 the population was 12,608, in 2007 13,119. The administrative center is the 120  m high village of Lancones with 515 inhabitants (as of 2017). With the construction of the Poechos dam , the district capital had to be relocated to the Pampas de Zapallal in January 1976 and is located there within the neighboring district of Querecotillo . Lancones is west of the Poechos reservoir, 32 km north-northeast of the provincial capital Sullana . The landscape in the southwest of the district is dominated by desert and semi-desert vegetation. In the north there are several ridges.

Geographical location

The district of Lancones is located in the northeast of the province of Sullana. It has a length in north-south direction of about 60 km and a maximum width of about 50 km. The Río Chira crosses the district in a south-southwest direction. The Poechos reservoir is located in the south of the district.

The Lancones district borders Ecuador in the north . In the west, the district borders on the neighboring districts of Suyo ( Ayabaca Province ) and Las Lomas ( Province of Piura ), in the south on the districts Sullana and Querecotillo, in the west on the Marcavelica district and in the northwest on the Casitas ( Contralmirante Villar province ) and San districts Jacinto ( Tumbes Province ).

Localities (centros poblados)

In addition to the main town of Lancones, the district also has the following villages (caserios):

  • Alamor
  • Bejucal
  • Casas Quemadas
  • Chapangos
  • El Cereso
  • El Chailo
  • Encuentros de Pilares
  • Jaguay Negro
  • La Providencia
  • La Ramadita
  • Leones
  • Murciélagos
  • Ojo de Agua
  • Orquetas
  • Peña Blanca
  • Pilares
  • Quebrada Seca

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Peru: Piura - Provinces & Districts . www.citypopulation.de. Accessed March 31, 2020.

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