Lamas Province

Lamas Province
Location of the province in the San Martín region
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Basic data
Country	Peru
region	San Martín
Seat	Llamas
surface	5,040.7 km²
Residents	81,521 (2017)
density	16 inhabitants per km²
founding	October 16, 1933
ISO 3166-2	PE-SAM
politics
Alcalde Provincial	Onésimo Huamán Daza (2019-2022)

Coordinates: 6 ° 15 ′  S , 76 ° 30 ′  W

The province of Lamas is one of ten provinces in the San Martín region of northern Peru . It has an area of ​​5040.67 km². The 2017 census counted 81,521 inhabitants in the province. In 1993 the population was 67,253, in 2007 79,075. The provincial administration is located in the small town of Lamas .

Geographical location

The province of Lamas is located in the north of the San Martín region west of the Río Huallaga . The province has a longitudinal extension in east-west direction of 90 km. A ridge of the Peruvian Eastern Cordillera runs through the province in a north-northwest direction. West of the ridge, the Río Mayo flows south to the Río Huallaga. The Amazon lowlands extend east of the ridge .

The province of Lamas borders in the north on the province Alto Amazonas ( region Loreto ), in the east and southeast on the province San Martín , in the south on the province Picota , in the southwest on the province El Dorado and in the north-west on the province Moyobamba .

Administrative division

The province of Lamas is divided into eleven districts. The Lamas district is the seat of the provincial administration.

District	Administrative headquarters
Alonso de Alvarado	Roque
Barranquita	Barranquita
Caynarachi	Shanusi
Cuñumbuqui	Cuñumbuqui
Llamas	Llamas
Pinto Recodo	Pinto Recodo
Rumisapa	Rumisapa
San Roque de Cumbaza	San Roque de Cumbaza
Shanao	Shanao
Tabalosos	Tabalosos
Zapatero	Zapatero

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} PERU: Administrative Division - Regions and Provinces . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 15, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Province of Llamas  - Collection of images, videos and audio files