Samanco District
| Samanco District | |
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 Location of the district in the province of Santa |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Ancash |
| province | Santa |
| Seat | Samanco |
| surface | 154.1 km² |
| Residents | 4770 (2017) |
| density | 31 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | April 15, 1955 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-ANC |
| Website | www.munisamanco.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde District | Arturo Yermain Molina Haro (2019-2022) |
| Political party | Movimiento Regional El Maicito |
Coordinates: 9 ° 16 ′ S , 78 ° 30 ′ W
The Samanco district is one of 9 districts in the Santa Province and is located in the Ancash region in western Peru . The 154.14 km² district was founded on April 15, 1955. At the 2017 census, 4770 inhabitants lived in the Samanco district. In 1993 the population was 3650, in 2007 it was 4218. The administrative center is the small town of Samanco .
The Samanco district is located about 23 km south of the city of Chimbote on the Pacific coast in the southwest of the Santa province. It has an approximately 28 km long coastline and extends about 11 km inland. The Río Nepeña (in the lower reaches also Río Samanco ) flows through the district in a westerly direction and flows into the sea near the city of Samanco. Most of the river water is diverted to irrigate the agricultural areas along the river. The landscape is otherwise desert. The Samanco district borders in the north with the district Nuevo Chimbote , in the northeast with the district Nepeña , in the southeast with the district Casma and in the extreme south with the district Comandante Noel (the latter two in the province Casma ). The National Road 1N ( Panamericana ) runs north through the district.
Locations in the district
- Besique
- Choreadero
- El Arenal
- El Cruce
- Huambacho Nuevo
- Huambacho Viejo
- La Boquita
- La Capilla
- La Cumbre
- Los Chimus
- Mipe
- San Pedro
Web links
- Municipalidad Distrital de Samanco
- Peru: Region Ancash (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de