La Unión (Piura)
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| Coordinates | 5 ° 24 ′ S , 80 ° 45 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Peru | ||
| Piura | |||
| province | Piura | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-PIU | ||
| District | La Unión | ||
| height | 17 m | ||
| Residents | 19,155 (2017) | ||
| Website | www.munilaunionpiura.gob.pe (Spanish) | ||
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| mayor | Fernando Ipanaqué Mendoza (2019-2022) |
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| Political party | Región para todos | ||
La Unión is a city in the province of Piura in the Piura region of northwest Peru . In the 2017 census, the population was 19,155. 10 years earlier this was 17,226. The city is the administrative seat of the district of the same name . Irrigated agriculture is practiced in the vicinity of the city.
Geographical location
La Unión is located in the arid coastal desert of northwestern Peru at an altitude of 17 m . The small town is located 27 km south-southwest of the city center of the metropolis of Piura . Eight kilometers east of the city, the Río Piura flows south. The national road 1N leads from Piura past La Arena and La Unión to Sechura further south .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b PERU: Region Piura - Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
Web links
Commons : La Unión - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Municipalidad Distrital de La Unión
- Map (PDF, 2.7 MB) at escale.minedu.gob.pe