Tambopata Province
| Tambopata Province | |
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 Location of the province in the Madre de Dios region |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Madre de Dios |
| Seat | Puerto Maldonado |
| surface | 36,268 km² |
| Residents | 111,474 (2017) |
| density | 3.1 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-MDD |
| Website | www.munitambopata.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde Provincial | Francisco Keler Rengifo Khan (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 12 ° 24 ′ S , 69 ° 32 ′ W
The province of Tambopata is located in the Madre de Dios region in southeastern Peru . The province has an area of 36,268 km². At the 2017 census, 111,474 people lived in the province. In 1993 the population was 46,738, in 2007 78,523. The administrative seat is the city of Puerto Maldonado . In the southeast of the province is the Tambopata National Reserve, in the west of the province is the Alto Purus National Park .
Geographical location
The province of Tambopata is centrally located in the Madre de Dios region in the Amazon lowlands . It has a lengthwise extension in WNW-ESE direction of about 410 km. The Río de Las Piedras flows through the northwest of the province, the Río Madre de Dios , the Río Inambari and the Río Tambopata flow through the southeast of the province. The Río Heath runs along the southeastern border .
The province of Tambopata borders in the north with the province Tahuamanu , in the east with Bolivia , in the south with the region Puno , in the southwest with the province Manu and in the far west with the region Ucayali .
Administrative division
The Tambopata Province is divided into four districts. The district of Tambopata is the seat of the provincial administration.
| District | Administrative headquarters |
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| Inambari | Mazuko |
| Laberinto | Puerto Rosario de Laberinto |
| Las Piedras | Las Piedras (Planchón) |
| Tambopata | Puerto Maldonado |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Tambopata, Province in Peru . www.citypopulation.de. Accessed December 1, 2019.
