Mariscal Ramón Castilla Province
| Mariscal Ramón Castilla Province | |
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 Location of the province in the Loreto region |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Loreto |
| Seat | Caballococha |
| surface | 37,413 km² |
| Residents | 49,072 (2017) |
| density | 1.3 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | October 18, 1979 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-LOR |
| Website | muniramoncastilla.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde Provincial | Rodolfo Díaz Soto (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 4 ° 0 ′ S , 71 ° 36 ′ W
The Mariscal Ramón Castilla province is located in the Loreto region in northern Peru . The province has an area of 37,413 km². At the 2017 census, 49,072 people lived in the province. In 1993 the population was 32,900, in 2007 54,829. The province was named after Ramón Castilla (1797-1867), an officer and president of Peru several times. Administrative center is the most Amazonas located Caballococha .
Geographical location
The province of Mariscal Ramón Castilla is located in the east of the Loreto region in the Amazon lowlands . The Río Yavarí runs along the southeastern provincial border and forms the state border with Brazil . The Amazon flows through the north of the province in an easterly direction.
In the southwest, the province of Mariscal Ramón Castilla borders on the province of Requena , in the west on the province of Maynas and in the north on the province of Putumayo . In the extreme northeast, the province of Mariscal Ramón Castilla borders on Colombia on the other side of the Amazon .
Administrative division
The province of Mariscal Ramón Castilla is divided into four districts. The Ramón Castilla district is the seat of the provincial administration.
| District | Administrative headquarters |
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| Pebas | Pebas |
| Ramon Castilla | Caballococha |
| San Pablo | San Pablo de Loreto |
| Yavarí | Islandia |
Individual evidence
- ^ Mariscal Ramón Castilla, Province in Peru . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
