San Buenaventura District (Canta)

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San Buenaventura District
The district of San Buenaventura is located in the northeast of the province of Canta (marked in red)
The district of San Buenaventura is located in the northeast of the province of Canta (marked in red)
Basic data
Country Peru
region Lima
province CantaTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat San Buenaventura
surface 108 km²
Residents 608 (2017)
density 5.6 inhabitants per km²
founding January 2, 1857
ISO 3166-2 PE-LIM
politics
Alcalde District David Ysmael Vento Ramos
(2019-2022)

Coordinates: 11 ° 29 ′  S , 76 ° 40 ′  W

The district of San Buenaventura is located in the province of Canta in the Lima region of western Peru . The district was founded on January 2, 1857. In 2017, 608 people lived in an area of ​​108 km². In 1993 the population was 1192, in 2007 it was 921. The administrative seat is the 2702  m high town of San Buenaventura with 196 inhabitants (as of 2017). San Buenaventura is located about 5 km west-southwest of the provincial capital Canta .

Geographical location

The district of San Buenaventura is located in the mountains of the Peruvian Western Cordillera in the northeast of the province of Canta. The Río Chillón flows along the southeastern district boundary in a south-southwestern direction.

The district of San Buenaventura is bordered to the west by the districts of Huamantanga , Sumbilca and Atavillos Bajo (the last two in the province of Huaral ), to the north by the district of Atavillos Alto , to the northeast by the district of Huaros and to the southeast by the districts of Canta and Lachaqui .

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