Rioja Province
| Rioja Province | |
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 Location of the province in the San Martín region |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | San Martín |
| Seat | Rioja |
| surface | 2535 km² |
| Residents | 122,544 (2017) |
| density | 48 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | December 6, 1935 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-SAM |
| Website | www.munirioja.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde Provincial | Armando Rodríguez Tello (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 5 ° 53 ′ S , 77 ° 27 ′ W
The province of Rioja is one of ten provinces in the San Martín region in northern Peru . It has an area of 2535.04 km². The 2017 census counted 122,544 inhabitants in the province. In 1993 the population was 69,787, in 2007 104,882. The provincial administration is located in the small town of Rioja .
Geographical location
The province of Rioja is located in the northwest of the San Martín region. A ridge of the Peruvian Eastern Cordillera with the Cerro de Campanario runs along the western provincial border. Along the eastern provincial border, the upper reaches of the Río Mayo flows in a south-easterly direction. The province has a lengthwise extension in NW-SE direction of about 108 km and a maximum width of about 40 km.
The province of Rioja borders the province of Moyobamba to the east and the provinces of Rodríguez de Mendoza , Chachapoyas and Bongará (all three in the Amazon region ) to the west .
Administrative division
The province of Rioja is divided into nine districts. The Rioja district is the seat of the provincial administration.
| District | Administrative headquarters |
|---|---|
| Awajun | Bajo Naranjillo |
| Elías Soplín Vargas | Segunda Jerusalem |
| Nueva Cajamarca | Nueva Cajamarca |
| Pardo Miguel | Naranjos |
| Posic | Posic |
| Rioja | Rioja |
| San Fernando | San Fernando |
| Yorongos | Yorongos |
| Yuracyacu | Yuracyacu |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c PERU: Administrative Division - Regions and Provinces . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
