Lucma District (Mariscal Luzuriaga)
Lucma district | |
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The district of Kucma is located in the far west of the province of Mariscal Luzuriaga (marked in red) |
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Basic data | |
Country | Peru |
region | Ancash |
province | Mariscal Luzuriaga |
Seat | Lucma |
surface | 75.3 km² |
Residents | 2732 (2017) |
density | 36 inhabitants per km² |
founding | May 3, 1960 |
ISO 3166-2 | PE-ANC |
politics | |
Alcalde District | Germán Nilo Ayala López (2019-2022) |
Coordinates: 8 ° 55 ′ 12 " S , 77 ° 24 ′ 34" W.
The Lucma district is located in the Mariscal Luzuriaga Province in the Ancash region in western Peru . It has an area of 75.3 km². The population development is decreasing. The number of inhabitants was 2732 in 2017. The administrative center is the town of Lucma at an altitude of 3083 m with 125 inhabitants (as of 2017).
The patron saint of the village is the "San Miguel Arcángel", which is why the village festival takes place on October 28th.
Geographical location
The Lucma district is located in the far west of the province on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Blanca , a mountain range of the Peruvian western cordillera . The district extends over the southern half of the valley of the Quebrada Yurma River , which is fed by a glacier below the 5345 m high Pucaraju Mountain . In the east, the district extends to the Río Pacosbamba , the left headwaters of the Río Yanamayo . This separates the Lucma district from the Musga district further east . In the south is the Llumpa district , in the north the Huayllán district . The western border of the district is formed by the peaks Yanagaga and Tuctubamba as well as the mountain Pucaraju.
Villages and homesteads in the Lucma district
The following is a list of the settlements in the district. The Quechua name is in brackets.
- Carhuacasha (Qarwa kasha)
- Chárac (Charaq)
- Masqui (Maaski)
- Pochgoj (Puchquq)
- Quishuar (Kiswar)
- Seccha (Siqcha)
- Tayabamba (Tayapanpa)
Web links
- Sketch of a project for the use of renewable energies in the Lucma district (Spanish)
- Peru: Region Ancash (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Neyra Valverde: "Provincia de Mariscal Luzuriaga [...]. Ediciones Iaccu", Depósito BNP nº 2011-07837 Lima (2011)