Las Amazonas District
| Las Amazonas District | |
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 The Las Amazonas district is located in the far east of Maynas Province |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Loreto |
| province | Maynas |
| Seat | Francisco de Orellana |
| surface | 6721 km² |
| Residents | 8760 (2017) |
| density | 1.3 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | July 2, 1943 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-LOR |
| politics | |
| Alcalde District | Americo Godoy Perez (2019-2022) |
Coordinates: 3 ° 25 ′ S , 72 ° 46 ′ W
The Las Amazonas district is located in the Maynas Province in the Loreto region in northeastern Peru . The district was established on July 2, 1943. The district has an area of 6721 km². At the 2017 census, there were 8,760 inhabitants in the district. In 1993 the population was 10,782, in 2007 12,198. The administrative seat is the 103 m high on the right bank of the Río Napo above its confluence with the Amazon , Francisco de Orellana with 1143 inhabitants (as of 2017). Francisco de Orellana is just 65 km east-northeast of the provincial and regional capital of Iquitos .
The Yagua ethnic group from the Peba-Yagua language family lives in the district .
Geographical location
The Las Amazonas district is located in the Peruvian Amazon in the far east of Maynas Province. It has a maximum length in north-south direction of almost 160 km and a maximum width of 65 km. The Amazon crosses the district roughly in the middle in an easterly direction. The catchment areas of the Río Apayacu in the north and the Río Orosa in the south form a large part of the district. In the far east, the lower 22 kilometers of the Río Napo lie within the district.
The Las Amazonas district borders in the southwest on the Indiana district , in the northwest on the Mazán district , in the north on the Putumayo district ( Putumayo province ), in the northeast on the Pebas district ( Mariscal Ramón Castilla province ) and in the south on the Yavarí district ( also in the province of Mariscal Ramón Castilla).
Individual evidence
- ^ Peru: Loreto region - provinces and districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved May 23, 2020.