Tarapoto District
| Tarapoto District | |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | San Martín |
| province | San Martín |
| Seat | Tarapoto |
| surface | 58.4 km² |
| Residents | 76,122 (2017) |
| density | 1303 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-SAM |
| Website | mpsm.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde Provincial | Tedy del Águila Gronerth (2019-2022) |
| Political party | Acción Popular |
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Coordinates: 6 ° 29 ′ 22 ″ S , 76 ° 21 ′ 37 ″ W.
The Tarapoto district is located in the department of San Martín in the region San Martin in northern Peru . The district has an area of 58.4 km². At the 2017 census there were 76,122 residents in the district. In 1993 the population was 54,581, in 2007 68,295. The district administration is located in the provincial capital Tarapoto, 333 m high on the Río Cumbaza , with 74,804 inhabitants (as of 2017). In the south of the city of Tarapoto is the airport ( Aeropuerto Comandante FAP Guillermo del Castillo Paredes ).
Geographical location
The Tarapoto district is located in a basin landscape in the eastern Andes in the province of San Martín. The Río Cumbaza, left tributary of the Río Mayo , flows through the southwest of the district. Its left tributary Río Shilcayo runs along the eastern district boundary between Tarapoto and La Banda .
The Tarapoto district is bordered to the west by the district Morales , in the northwest of the district of San Antonio , on the east by the district La Banda de Shilcayo and the south by the district Juan Guerra .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Peru: San Martín - Provinces & Districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
