Yanacancha District (Pasco)
| Yanacancha district | |
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 The district of Yanacancha is centrally located in the province of Pasco (marked in red) |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Pasco |
| province | Pasco |
| Seat | Yanacancha |
| surface | 165.1 km² |
| Residents | 29,192 (2017) |
| density | 177 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | November 27, 1944 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-PAS |
| Website | www.muniyanacancha.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde District | Omar Raúl Raraz Pascual (2019-2022) |
| Political party | Frente Andino Amazónico |
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Coordinates: 10 ° 40 ′ S , 76 ° 15 ′ W
The Yanacancha district is located in the province of Pasco of Pasco region in central Peru . The district has an area of 1026.87 km². At the 2017 census, 29,192 people lived in the district. In 1993 the population was 24,400, in 2007 29,596. The district administration is in the 4350 m high altitude city Yanacancha with 25,029 inhabitants (2017). Yanacancha forms the northern part of the metropolitan area of the provincial capital Cerro de Pasco .
Geographical location
The district of Yanacancha is centrally located in the province of Pasco. It is located in the Andean highlands on the western edge of the Peruvian Central Cordillera . The longitudinal extension in north-south direction is almost 27 km. The district comprises the western part of the headwaters of the Río Huallaga . This flows through the northeast of the district in a northerly direction.
The district of Yanacancha borders in the southwest with the districts Tinyahuarco , Chaupimarca and Símon Bolívar , in the northeast with the district San Francisco de Asís de Yarusyacán , in the east with the district Ticlacayán and in the extreme southeast with the district Ninacaca .
