Megantoni District
Megantoni District | |
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![]() The district of Megantoni is located in the northeast of the province of La Convención (marked in red) |
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Basic data | |
Country | Peru |
region | Cusco |
province | La Convención |
Seat | Camisea |
surface | 10,708 km² |
Residents | 7622 (2017) |
density | 0.7 inhabitants per km² |
founding | July 6, 2016 |
ISO 3166-2 | PE-CUS |
Website | www.munimegantoni.gob.pe (Spanish) |
politics | |
Alcalde District | Daniel Ríos Sebastián (2019-2022) |
Political party | Avanza País - Partido de Integración Social |
Gas production plant south of Camisea |
Coordinates: 11 ° 43 ′ S , 72 ° 57 ′ W
The Megantoni district is located in the La Convención province of the Cusco region in south-central Peru . The newly founded district on July 6, 2016 was separated from the Echarati district . The Megantoni district has an area of 10,708 km². At the 2017 census, there were 7,622 residents in the district. The district administration is located in the village of Camisea with 525 inhabitants (as of 2017). 16 km upstream from Camisea, on the right bank of the Río Urubamba, is a gas production facility built in the 2010s . There is a runway there. Another airport is at Nuevo Mundo. The district is inhabited by the indigenous Machiguenga people.
Geographical location
The Megantoni district extends over the northeast of the La Convención province, about 230 km north-northwest of the regional capital, Cusco . The district is located in the suburb of the Amazon basin . This is crossed by low ridges in an east-west direction. The Río Urubamba flows through the district in a predominantly northerly direction.
The Megantoni district borders in the south and west on the Echarati district, in the north on the Sepahua district in the Atalaya province of the Ucayali region and in the east on the Fitzcarrald district in the Manu province of the Madre de Dios region .
Locations in the district
The Megantoni district has the following localities ( centros poblados ):
- Camaná
- Camisea
- Cashiriari
- Kirigueti
- Kochiri
- Mayapo
- Miaria
- Nueva Luz
- Nueva Vida
- Nuevo Mundo
- Puerto Huallana
- Puerto Rico
- Sababantiari
- Saringabeni
- Segakiato
- Sensa
- Shivankoreni
- Taini
- Tangoshiari
- Ticumpinia
- Timpia
Web links
- Municipalidad Distrital Megantoni
- Peru: Region Cusco (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de
- INEI Perú