Pacanga District
Pacanga District | |
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The Pacanga district is located in the central north of the Chepén Province (marked in red) |
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Basic data | |
Country | Peru |
region | La Libertad |
province | Chepén |
Seat | Pacanga |
surface | 583.9 km² |
Residents | 21,056 (2017) |
density | 36 inhabitants per km² |
founding | 5th December 1940 |
ISO 3166-2 | PE-LAL |
Website | munipacanga.gob.pe (Spanish) |
politics | |
Alcalde District | Santos Apolinar Cerna Quispe (2019-2022) |
Coordinates: 7 ° 10 ′ S , 79 ° 29 ′ W
The Pacanga district is located in the Chepén province of the La Libertad region in northwestern Peru . The district founded on December 5, 1940 has an area of 583.93 km². At the 2017 census, 21,056 people lived in the district. In 1993 the population was 10,585, in 2007 17,976. The administrative center is the small town of Pacanga . The largest city in the district is Pacanguilla . Another small town in the district is San José de Moro .
Geographical location
The Pacanga district is located in the central north of the Chepén province. It has an extension in SE-NW and SW-NE direction of approximately 25 km each. The foothills of the Peruvian Western Cordillera rise in the northeast . Much of the district lies in the coastal plain at an altitude of about 100 m . In the north and in the mountains there is desert vegetation. Otherwise irrigated agriculture is used. The national road 1N ( Panamericana ) leads from the provincial capital Chepén past San José de Moro and Pacanguilla to Chiclayo in the northwest .
The course of the Río Chamán forms the southern boundary of the district. In the south, the Pacanga district borders on the Chepén district , and in the southwest on the Pueblo Nuevo district . To the north, the Pacanga district is bordered by the Chiclayo , Saña , Cayaltí and Nueva Arica districts (all in the Chiclayo province of the Lambayeque region ) and to the east by the Nanchoc district (in the San Miguel province of the Cajamarca region ).
Web links
- Municipalidad Distrital de Pacanga
- Peru: Region La Libertad (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de
- INEI Perú