Suyo District

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Suyo District
The Suyo district is located in the northwest of Ayabaca Province (marked in red)
The Suyo district is located in the northwest of Ayabaca Province (marked in red)
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Basic data
Country Peru
region Piura
province AyabacaTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Suyo
surface 1067 km²
Residents 11,801 (2017)
density 11 inhabitants per km²
founding January 2, 1857
ISO 3166-2 PE-PIU
politics
Alcalde District Jose Edar Troncos Ojeda
(2019-2022)
District Administration Building
District Administration Building

Coordinates: 4 ° 31 ′  S , 80 ° 0 ′  W

The Suyo district is located in the Ayabaca province in the Piura region in northwestern Peru . The district was founded on January 2, 1857. It has an area of ​​1067 km². At the 2017 census , 11,801 people lived in the district. In 1993 the population was 11,051, in 2007 11,951. The administrative center is the 399  m high village of Suyo with 1104 inhabitants (as of 2017). Suyo is 35 km west-northwest of the provincial capital Ayabaca .

Geographical location

The Suyo district is located in the Western Cordillera of Peru . It extends over the northwest of the Ayabaca province. The Río Calvas and Río Macará rivers run west along the border with Ecuador. The Río Quiroz , left tributary of the Río Chira , crosses the southwest of the district.

The Suyo district borders on the Lancones district ( Sullana province ) in the west, Ecuador in the north, the Jililí district in the east, the Montero district in the south-east, the Paimas district in the south and the Las Lomas district in the south-west ( province Piura ).

Localities

In addition to the main town Suyo, there are the following larger towns in the district:

  • Aterrizaje
  • Cachaquito
  • Canoas
  • Chirinos
  • Cucuyas
  • La Copa
  • La Tina
  • Nueva Esperanza
  • Pico de Loro
  • Puente Internacional
  • Puente Quiroz
  • Quebrada Seca
  • Santa Ana
  • Santa Rosa
  • Sarayuyo
  • Saucillo
  • Surpampa
  • Zapallay

Individual evidence

  1. a b Peru: Piura - Provinces & Districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved June 12, 2020.

Web links

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