Santa Province
| Santa Province | |||
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 Location of the province in the Ancash region |
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| Country | Peru | ||
| region | Ancash | ||
| Seat | Chimbote | ||
| surface | 4005 km² | ||
| Residents | 435,807 (2017) | ||
| density | 109 inhabitants per km² | ||
| founding | February 12, 1821 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-ANC | ||
| Website | www.munisanta.gob.pe/index.php (Spanish) | ||
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| Alcalde Provincial | Roberto Briceño Franco (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 8 ° 56 ′ S , 78 ° 19 ′ W
The Santa Province is one of the 20 provinces of the Ancash administrative region in Peru . The provincial area is 4004.99 km², the population was 435,807 in 2017. The administrative seat is the coastal city of Chimbote .
Geographical location
The province of Santa forms the northernmost coastal province of the Ancash region. It stretches over a 50 km long section of the Pacific coast and reaches up to 70 km inland. The lower reaches of the Río Santa runs along the northern provincial border . In the east of the province rises the northern part of the Cordillera Negra , a lower mountain range of the Peruvian Western Cordillera . In the south of the province lies the catchment area of the Río Nepeña , which only reaches the sea during heavy rain events such as the El Niño weather phenomenon .
Irrigated agriculture is practiced in the arid coastal region. The two bays, Bahía de Chimbote and Bahía de Samanco , lie along the coast.
The province of Santa borders on the neighboring administrative region of La Libertad in the north . The neighboring provinces within the Ancash region are from north to south: Pallasca , Corongo , Huaylas , Yungay and Casma .
structure
The province of Santa consists of 9 districts ( distritos ). The district of Chimbote is the seat of the provincial administration.
| District | Administrative headquarters |
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| Caceres del Perú | Jimbe |
| Chimbote | Chimbote |
| Coishco | Coishco |
| Macate | Macate |
| Moro | Moro |
| Nepeña | Nepeña |
| Nuevo Chimbote | Buenos Aires |
| Samanco | Samanco |
| Santa | Santa |
