Loreto Province
| Loreto Province | |
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 Location of the province in the Loreto region |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Loreto |
| Seat | Nauta |
| surface | 67,434 km² |
| Residents | 62,437 (2017) |
| density | 0.9 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | 1942 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-LOR |
| Website | www.muninauta.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde Provincial | Giampaolo Ossio Rojas Florindez (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 3 ° 54 ′ S , 75 ° 21 ′ W
The Loreto Province is located in the Loreto region in northern Peru . The province has an area of 67,434 km². At the 2017 census, 62,437 people lived in the province. Ten years earlier the population was 62,165. The administrative center is Nauta , located on the Río Marañón .
Geographical location
The province of Loreto is centrally located in the Loreto region in the Amazon lowlands . It extends along the Río Marañón between the confluences of Río Huallaga in the west and Río Ucayali in the east. The province has a maximum length in NNW-SSE direction of about 375 km and a width of 150 km. The north of the province is traversed by the Río Urituyacu (in the west) and Río Patayacu (in the east) in a southerly direction. The south is traversed by the Río Marañón in an easterly direction.
In the north, the Loreto province extends to the border with Ecuador . In the east the province borders on the province of Maynas , in the south on the province Requena and in the west on the provinces Alto Amazonas and Datem del Marañón .
Administrative division
The province of Loreto is divided into five districts. The district of Nauta is the seat of the provincial administration.
| District | Administrative headquarters |
|---|---|
| Nauta | Nauta |
| Parinari | Santa Rita de Castilla |
| Tigre | Intuto |
| Trumpeteros | Villa trumpeteros |
| Urarinas | Maypuco |
Individual evidence
- ^ Peru: Loreto Region . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
