El Tambo district
| El Tambo district | |
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 Location of the district in Huancayo Province |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Junín |
| province | Huancayo |
| Seat | El Tambo |
| surface | 166 km² |
| Residents | 166,359 (2017) |
| density | 1002 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | November 13, 1943 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-JUN |
| Website | munieltambo.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde District | Carlo Victor Curisinche Euesbio (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 12 ° 3 ′ S , 75 ° 13 ′ W
The El Tambo district is located in the Huancayo province of the Junín region in central western Peru . The district was established on November 13, 1943. It has an area of 166 km². At the 2017 census there were 166,359 inhabitants in the district. In 1993 the population was 112,284, in 2007 146,847. The administrative center is the city of the same name , El Tambo , at an altitude of 3260 m , where around 95 percent of the population lives.
Geographical location
The El Tambo district is located in the north of the metropolitan area of the provincial and regional capital Huancayo and borders directly on the city and the Huancayo district in the south . The Río Shullcas runs between the two districts. The El Tambo district has a maximum longitudinal extent in SW-NE direction of about 28 km. The Río Mantaro flows south along the western district boundary. The district extends in the northeast to the 5557 m high Cordillera Huaytapallana , a mountain range of the Peruvian Central Cordillera . The district borders in the northwest on the districts of San Agustín de Cajas , Hualhuas and San Pedro de Saño , in the north on the district of Quilcas and in the northeast on the districts of Comas ( province of Concepción ) and Pariahuanca . In the far west lie the neighboring districts of Huamancaca Chico ( province of Chupaca ) and Pilcomayo .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Peru: Junín Region - Provinces & Districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
