Piura Province
| Piura Province | |||
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 Location of the province in the Piura region |
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| Country | Peru | ||
| region | Piura | ||
| Seat | Piura | ||
| surface | 6,211.2 km² | ||
| Residents | 799,321 (2017) | ||
| density | 129 inhabitants per km² | ||
| founding | 1861 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-PIU | ||
| Website | www.munipiura.gob.pe (Spanish) | ||
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| Alcalde Provincial | Juan José Díaz Dios (2019-2022) |
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| Political party | Región para todos | ||
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Coordinates: 5 ° 12 ′ S , 80 ° 37 ′ W
The Piura Province is one of eight provinces in the Piura Region in northwestern Peru . The province has an area of 6211.16 km². At the 2017 census, 799,321 people lived in the province. In 1993 the population was 502,339, in 2007 it was 665,991. The provincial administration is located in the city of Piura .
Geographical location
The province of Piura is centrally located in the Piura region. It extends over the desert-like coastal plain and reaches up to 5 km to the Pacific coast. The longitudinal extent in NNE-SSW direction is about 107 km. The Río Piura crosses the west of the province. Irrigated agriculture is practiced there. The south-east of the province as well as the extreme south-west are desert.
The province of Piura borders the province of Paita in the west, the province of Sullana in the northwest , the province of Ayabaca in the northeast, the province of Morropón in the east, the province of Lambayeque ( Lambayeque region ) in the southeast and the province of Sechura in the south .
Administrative division
The province of Piura is divided into ten districts (distritos) . The district of Piura is the seat of the provincial administration.
| District | Administrative headquarters |
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| Castilla | Castilla |
| Catacaos | Catacaos |
| Cura Mori | Cucungará |
| El Tallan | Sinchao |
| La Arena | La Arena |
| La Unión | La Unión |
| Las Lomas | Las Lomas |
| Piura | Piura |
| Tambogrande | Tambogrande |
| Veintiséis de Octubre | San Martín |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b PERU: Administrative Division - Regions and Provinces . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
