José Leonardo Ortiz District
| José Leonardo Ortiz District | |||
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 The José Leonardo Ortiz district is located in the northwest of the Chiclayo province (marked in red) |
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| Country | Peru | ||
| region | Lambayeque | ||
| province | Chiclayo | ||
| Seat | San Carlos | ||
| surface | 28.2 km² | ||
| Residents | 156,498 (2017) | ||
| density | 5546 inhabitants per km² | ||
| founding | November 28, 1961 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-LAM | ||
| Website | www.munijlo.gob.pe (Spanish) | ||
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| Alcalde District | Wilder Guevara Díaz (2019-2022) |
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| Political party | Podemos por el Progreso del Perú | ||
Coordinates: 6 ° 45 ′ 37 ″ S , 79 ° 50 ′ 8 ″ W.
The José Leonardo Ortiz district is located in the Chiclayo Province in the Lambayeque region in northwestern Peru . The district was founded on November 28, 1961 as the San Carlos District . On February 5, 1966, the district was renamed. Since then, the district bears the name of the Peruvian politician José Leonardo Ortiz (1782-1854). The district has an area of 28.22 km². The 2017 census counted 156,498 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 119,433, in 2007 161,717. The seat of the district administration is the 40 m high city of San Carlosthat is congruent with the district. San Carlos forms the northern part of the metropolitan area of the regional and provincial capital Chiclayo . San Carlos is 1.3 km northeast of Chiclayo city center.
The José Leonardo Ortiz district is bordered to the south by the district Chiclayo , on the west by the district Pimentel , on the north by the district Lambayeque and in the northeast on the district Picsi .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b PERU: Lambayeque region - provinces and districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
