Poroto district

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Poroto district
The Poroto district is located in the east of the Trujillo Province (marked in red)
The Poroto district is located in the east of the Trujillo Province (marked in red)
Basic data
Country Peru
region La Libertad
province TrujilloTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Poroto
surface 276 km²
Residents 3586 (2017)
density 13 inhabitants per km²
founding March 7, 1964
ISO 3166-2 PE-LAL
politics
Alcalde District Juan Carlos Eustaquio Lucas (2019-2022)

Coordinates: 8 ° 1 ′  S , 78 ° 46 ′  W

The Poroto District is one of 11 districts in the Trujillo Province in the La Libertad region of western Peru . Poroto District was established on March 7, 1964. The 276.01 km² district had 3586 inhabitants at the 2017 census. In 1993 the population was 4401, in 2007 3601. The administrative seat is the 627  m high village of Poroto with 796 inhabitants (as of 2017).

The Poroto district is located 30 km east-northeast of the city of Trujillo on the western flank of the Western Peruvian Cordillera . The Río Moche River flows through the district in a westerly direction. The district borders in the northwest on the Simbal district , in the extreme north on the La Cuesta district ( Otuzco province ), in the east on the Agallpampa and Salpo districts (both also in the Otuzco province) and in the south and west on the Laredo district .

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