Huaral
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Coordinates: 11 ° 30 ′ S , 77 ° 12 ′ W
Huaral on the map of Peru
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| Country | Peru |
| region | Lima |
| province | Huaral |
| City foundation | March 21, 1551 |
| Residents | 79,455 (2017) |
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| height | 188 m |
| Time zone | UTC -5 |
| City Presidency | Jaime Cirilo Uribe Ochoa (2019-2022) |
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Huaral is the capital of the Huaral Province of the South American Andean state of Peru . It is located in the district of the same name .
Huaral is located about 60 km north of Lima on the PE1NB ( Panamericana ) road and 15 km southeast of the 5070 hectare Lomas de Lachay National Reserve (Spanish Reserva nacional de Lachay ). In the 2017 census, 79,455 people lived in the city. In 2007 the population was 70,862. Jaime Cirilo Uribe Ochoa is the incumbent mayor of the city. The municipal football club Unión Huaral has played in the Segunda División del Perú , the second highest Peruvian league , since 2014 .
history
In May 2010 the Peruvian Ministry of Justice announced that the first privately owned Peruvian prison with 1,500 prisoners would be built in Huaral. Huaral Province was hit by an earthquake on August 4, 2010 . The quake had a magnitude of 3.9 on the Richter scale.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b PERU: Lima Region - Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Accessed January 2, 2020.
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI): Directorio Nacional de Centros Poblados - Censos Nacionales 2017 . Lima 2018, Vol. 4, p. 1312 ( online ).
- ↑ Damian Raiser: Ministry of Justice starts tender for first private prison. May 5, 2010, from: Infoamazonas.de accessed on September 19, 2010
- ↑ Damian Raiser: Peru: Earthquakes shake Huaral and Mariscal Nieto. August 5, 2010, from: Infoamazonas.de accessed on September 19, 2010
