San Jacinto District

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San Jacinto District
Location of the district in the Tumbes region
Location of the district in the Tumbes region
Basic data
Country Peru
region Tumbes
province TumbesTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat San Jacinto
surface 598.7 km²
Residents 8512 (2017)
density 14 inhabitants per km²
founding November 24, 1955
ISO 3166-2 PE-TUM
Website munisanjacinto.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Alcalde District César Yoel Feijoó Carrillo
(2019-2022)
Flooded rice fields on the Tumbes River south of San Jacinto
Flooded rice fields on the Tumbes River south of San Jacinto

Coordinates: 3 ° 39 ′  S , 80 ° 27 ′  W

The district of San Jacinto is one of the 6 districts of the Tumbes province in the Tumbes region in the far northwest of Peru . The district was established on November 24, 1955. In the 2017 census, there were 8,512 inhabitants on an area of ​​598.72 km². In 1993 the population was 7450, in 2007 it was 8512. The administrative center is the small town of San Jacinto with 2628 inhabitants (as of 2017). San Jacinto is located on the left bank of the Río Tumbes at an altitude of 11  m , 8 km south of the provincial and regional capital Tumbes .

The district of San Jacinto is located in the southwest of the province of Tumbes. The Río Tumbes River runs along the northeastern district boundary. In the south rises the 1603  m high Cordillera de los Amotapes , which is located within the Cerros de Amotape National Park .

The district of San Jacinto borders in the northwest with the districts of La Cruz and Corrales , in the extreme northeast with the San Juan de la Virgen , in the east with the district Pampas de Hospital , in the southeast with the canton Zapotillo ( province Loja , Ecuador ) and in the extreme Southeast and south to the Lancones district ( Sullana province ). To the west, the San Jacinto district borders the Casitas and Zorritos districts (both in the Contralmirante Villar province ).

Locations in the district

In addition to the main town of San Jacinto, there are the following villages in the district:

  • Algarrobillo
  • Bocatoma
  • Brunos
  • Captain Hoyle
  • Carretas
  • Casa Blanqueada
  • El Álamo
  • El Burro
  • El Tablazo de Rica Playa
  • Franco
  • Higuerón
  • Hualtacal
  • La Capitana
  • La Peña
  • Los Pozos
  • Maderales
  • Oidor
  • Pechichal
  • Plateros
  • Pueblo Nuevo
  • Rica Playa
  • Sajinos
  • Saladillo
  • Santa Rosa
  • Teniente Astete
  • Vaquería

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Peru: Tumbes - Provinces & Districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved March 9, 2020.

Web links

Commons : San Jacinto District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files