Bolívar Province (Peru)
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 Location of the province in the La Libertad region |
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| Country | Peru | |
| region | La Libertad | |
| Seat | Bolívar | |
| surface | 1,718.9 km² | |
| Residents | 14,457 (2017) | |
| density | 8.4 inhabitants per km² | |
| founding | November 20, 1916 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-LAL | |
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| Alcalde Provincial | Odar Sánchez Peche (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 7 ° 18 ′ S , 77 ° 45 ′ W
The province of Bolívar is located in the La Libertad region in northwestern Peru . The province was named after Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), a Venezuelan independence fighter. The province has an area of 1718.86 km². At the 2017 census, 14,457 people lived in the province. Ten years earlier the population was 16,650. The administrative seat is the village of Bolívar .
Geographical location
The province of Bolívar is located in the extreme northeast of the La Libertad region 170 km east-northeast of the city of Trujillo in the Peruvian Central Cordillera . The province has a longitudinal extent in the NNW-SSE direction of almost 90 km. The Río Marañón River runs along the western provincial border.
The province of Bolívar is bordered to the north by the region of Amazonas , on the east by the region of San Martín , in the southeast of the region Huánuco , the east by the region of San Martín , in the south of the province of Pataz and the west by the province Sánchez Carrión and the Cajamarca region .
Administrative division
The province of Bolívar is divided into the following six districts. The Bolívar district is the seat of the provincial administration.
| District | Administrative headquarters |
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| Bambamarca | Bambamarca |
| Bolívar | Bolívar |
| Condormarca | Nuevo Condormarca |
| Longotea | Longotea |
| Uchumarca | Uchumarca |
| Ucuncha | Ucuncha |
Web links
- Peru: Region La Libertad (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de
- INEI Perú