Oyón Province
| Oyón Province | |
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 Location of the province in the Lima region |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Lima |
| Seat | Oyón |
| surface | 1,886.1 km² |
| Residents | 17,739 (2017) |
| density | 9.4 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | 5th November 1985 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-LIM |
| Website | www.munioyon.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde Provincial | Reynaldo Primitivo Alcoser Medina (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 10 ° 42 ′ S , 76 ° 42 ′ W
The province of Oyón is one of nine provinces in the Lima region on the Pacific coast of Peru. The province has an area of 1886.05 km². In the 2017 census, the population was 17,739, 10 years earlier it was 20,642. The administrative center is the small town of the same name, Oyón .
Geographical location
The province of Oyón extends over part of the catchment area of the Río Huaura in the Peruvian Western Cordillera , 130 km north of the state capital Lima . In the south, the province is bounded by the middle reaches of the Río Huaura and its left tributary, the Río Checras . In the east, the watershed , which runs along the Western Cordillera, forms the provincial border. The province of Oyón borders the province of Cajatambo in the north, the provinces of Pasco and Daniel Alcides Carrión (both in the Pasco region ) in the east, and the province of Huaura in the south and west .
structure
The province of Oyón is divided into the following six districts ( distritos ). The district of Oyón is the seat of the provincial administration.
| District | Administrative headquarters |
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| Andajes | Andajes |
| Caujul | Caujul |
| Cochamarca | Cochamarca |
| Naván | Naván |
| Oyón | Oyón |
| Pachangara | Churin |
Web links
- Peru: Region Lima (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de