Otuzco Province
| Otuzco Province | |
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 Location of the province in the La Libertad region |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | La Libertad |
| Seat | Otuzco |
| surface | 2,110.8 km² |
| Residents | 77,862 (2017) |
| density | 37 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | April 25, 1861 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-LAL |
| Website | muniotuzco.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde Provincial | Heli Adan Verde Rodríguez (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 7 ° 51 ′ S , 78 ° 30 ′ W
The Otuzco Province is located in the La Libertad region in northwestern Peru . It has an area of 2110.77 km². At the 2017 census, 77,862 people lived in the province. Ten years earlier the population was 88,817. The administrative seat is the city of Otuzco .
Geographical location
The province of Otuzco is centrally located in the La Libertad region, about 55 km east-northeast of the city of Trujillo in the Peruvian Western Cordillera . The province has a maximum longitudinal extent in WNW-OSE direction of about 74 km. The Río Chicama (Río Huancay) and Río Moche (Río Otuzco) drain the area to the Pacific Ocean .
The province of Otuzco borders in the north with the province Gran Chimú , in the northeast with the province Cajabamba ( region Cajamarca ), in the east with the province Sánchez Carrión , in the southeast with the provinces Santiago de Chuco and Julcán , in the west with the province Trujillo as well as in Northwest to the province of Ascope .
Administrative division
The province of Otuzco is divided into the following ten districts. The Otuzco district is the seat of the provincial administration.
| District | Administrative headquarters |
|---|---|
| Agallic pampas | Agallic pampas |
| Charat | Charat |
| Huaranchal | Huaranchal |
| La Cuesta | La Cuesta |
| Make | Make |
| Otuzco | Otuzco |
| Paranday | Paranday |
| Salpo | Salpo |
| Sinsicap | Sinsicap |
| Usquil | Usquil |
Web links
- Peru: Region La Libertad (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de
- INEI Perú