Putumayo Province
| Putumayo Province | |
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 Location of the province in the Loreto region |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Loreto |
| Seat | San Antonio del Estrecho |
| surface | 45,758 km² |
| Residents | 7780 (2017) |
| density | 0.2 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | May 5, 2014 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-LOR |
| Website | muniputumayo.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde Provincial | Humberto Fuentes Tello (2019-2022) |
| Political party | Movimiento Esperanza Región Amazónica |
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Coordinates: 2 ° 37 ′ S , 72 ° 48 ′ W
The province of Putumayo is located in the Loreto region in northeastern Peru . The province, founded in 2014, has an area of 45,758 km². At the 2017 census, 7,780 people lived in the province. In 1993 the population of the area was 6463, in 2007 it was 9534. The administrative center is San Antonio del Estrecho .
Geographical location
The province of Putumayo is located in the far northeast of the Loreto region in the Amazon lowlands . The Río Putumayo flows along the northern provincial border, which also forms the state border with Colombia . The province has a maximum longitudinal extension of about 310 km and a width of 45 km. In the west, the province extends to the state border with Ecuador . In the southeast the province of Putumayo borders on the province of Maynas , in the southeast on the province of Mariscal Ramón Castilla .
Administrative division
Putumayo Province is divided into four districts. Putumayo district is the seat of the provincial administration.
| District | Administrative headquarters |
|---|---|
| Putumayo | San Antonio del Estrecho |
| Pink Panduro | Santa Mercedes |
| Teniente Manuel Clavero | Soplín Vargas |
| Yaguas | Remanso |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Putumayo, Province in Peru . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved November 30, 2019.