San Carlos District (Bongará)
| San Carlos District | |
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 The district of San Carlos is located in the south of the province of Bongará (marked in red) |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Amazon |
| province | Bongará |
| Seat | San Carlos |
| surface | 112 km² |
| Residents | 509 (2017) |
| density | 4.5 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-AMA |
| politics | |
| Alcalde District | Neptalí Elías Álvarez Santamaria (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 5 ° 58 ′ S , 77 ° 57 ′ W
The district of San Carlos is located in the province of Bongará in the Amazonas region in northern Peru . The district was established during the early years of the Republic of Peru. It has an area of 112 km². The 2017 census counted 509 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 511, in 2007 it was 367. The administrative seat is the 1920 m high town of San Carlos with 369 inhabitants (as of 2017). San Carlos is 4 km southeast of the city of Pedro Ruiz Gallo .
Geographical location
The district of San Carlos is located in the northern Peruvian Andes in the south of the province of Bongará. The district has a maximum longitudinal extension in WNW-OSE direction of 19.5 km and a maximum width of about 10 km. The area is drained to the west towards the Río Utcubamba .
The district of San Carlos borders in the south with the district Valera , in the southwest with the district Churuja , in the west with the districts San Jerónimo ( province Luya ) and Jazán , in the north with the district Cuispes and in the east with the district Jumbilla .
Attractions
In the south of the district there is the Gocta waterfall with a free fall height of 771 m.
Web links
- Peru: Amazonas region (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de