San Francisco de Asís de Yarusyacán District
| San Francisco de Asís de Yarusyacán District | |
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 The district of San Francisco de Asís de Yarusyacán is located in the northwest of the province of Pasco (marked in red) |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Pasco |
| province | Pasco |
| Seat | Yarusyacan |
| surface | 120 km² |
| Residents | 4746 (2017) |
| density | 40 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | September 16, 1961 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-PAS |
| politics | |
| Alcalde District | Edward Fidencio Cabello Rosas (2019-2022) |
| Political party | Alianza para el Progreso |
Coordinates: 10 ° 29 ′ S , 76 ° 12 ′ W
The district of San Francisco de Asís de Yarusyacán is located in the province of Pasco in the Pasco region in central Peru . The district was founded on September 16, 1961 and has an area of 120 km². The 2017 census counted 4746 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 12,481, in 2007 11,209. The district administration is located in the 3770 m high village of Yarusyacán with 505 inhabitants (as of 2017). Yarusyacán is located about 22 km north-northeast of the provincial and regional capital Cerro de Pasco .
Geographical location
The district of San Francisco de Asís de Yarusyacán is located on the western flank of the Peruvian Central Cordillera in the northwestern province of Pasco. It has a longitudinal extension in SSW-NNE direction of 23 km and a maximum width of 7 km. The Río Huallaga flows north along the northeastern district boundary. The upper reaches of the Río Tingo, left tributary of the Río Huallaga, crosses the district in a northerly direction.
The district of San Francisco de Asís de Yarusyacán borders in the southwest with the district Simón Bolívar , in the northwest with the district Santa Ana de Tusi ( province Daniel Alcides Carrión ), in the northeast with the districts Huariaca and Ticlacayán and in the east and south with the district Yanacancha .