Puerto Inca Province

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Puerto Inca Province
Location of the province in the Huánuco region
Location of the province in the Huánuco region
Basic data
Country Peru
region Huánuco
Seat Puerto Inca
surface 9914 km²
Residents 32,538 (2017)
density 3.3 inhabitants per km²
founding November 19, 1884
ISO 3166-2 PE-HUC
Website www.munipuertoinca.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Alcalde Provincial Hilter Rivera Bahoman
(2019-2022)
Boats on the banks of the Río Pachitea
Boats on the banks of the Río Pachitea

Coordinates: 9 ° 23 ′  S , 75 ° 0 ′  W

The province of Puerto Inca is one of eleven provinces in the Huánuco region in central Peru . The province has an area of ​​9914 km². At the 2017 census, 32,538 people lived in the province. In 1993 the population was 32,405, in 2007 31,032. The provincial administration is located in the small town of Puerto Inca , which lies on the east bank of the Río Pachitea .

Geographical location

The province of Puerto Inca is located about 360 km northeast of the state capital Lima . It extends over the lower catchment area of the Río Pachitea. The west of the province is traversed by its tributaries Río Pozuzo and Río Sungarayacu . The province of Puerto Inca has a maximum longitudinal extent in SW-NE direction of about 190 km. The province extends in the southwest to the eastern flank of the Peruvian Central Cordillera . In the east runs the Sira Mountains , which are assigned to the Eastern Cordillera . In the northeast, the province extends to the confluence of the Río Pachitea in the Río Ucayali . The area belongs to the pre-Andean zone of the Amazon basin .

The province of Puerto Inca borders the province of Padre Abad to the north, the province of Coronel Portillo (both in the Ucayali region ) to the east, the province of Oxapampa ( Pasco region ) to the south, and the provinces of Pachitea and Leoncio Prado to the west .

Administrative division

The province of Puerto Inca is divided into five districts (Distritos) . The Puerto Inca district is the seat of the provincial administration.

District Administrative headquarters
Codo del Pozuzo Codo del Pozuzo
Honoria Honoria
Puerto Inca Puerto Inca
Tournavista Tournavista
Yuyapichis Yuyapichis

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b PERU: Administrative Division - Regions and Provinces . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 13, 2019.

Web links

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