San Luis District (Cañete)

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San Luis District
The district of San Luis is located on the Pacific coast in the southwest of the province of Cañete (marked in red)
The district of San Luis is located on the Pacific coast in the southwest of the province of Cañete (marked in red)
Basic data
Country Peru
region Lima
province CañeteTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat San Luis
surface 38.5 km²
Residents 13,436 (2017)
density 349 inhabitants per km²
founding January 12, 1871
ISO 3166-2 PE-LIM
Website munisanluiscanete.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Alcaldesa district Delia Victoria Solórzano Carrión
(2019-2022)
Political party Patria Joven

Coordinates: 13 ° 3 ′ 5 ″  S , 76 ° 25 ′ 51 ″  W.

The district of San Luis is located in the province of Cañete in the Lima region in central western Peru . The district was founded on January 12, 1871. It has an area of ​​38.53 km². At the 2017 census, there were 13,436 residents in the district. In 1993 the population was 10,159, in 2007 11,940. The administrative center is the 26  m high town of San Luis (also San Luis de Cañete) with 6773 inhabitants (as of 2017).

Geographical location

The district of San Luis is located on the Pacific coast in the southwest of the province of Cañete. It has a 4 km long coastline and stretches almost 7.5 km inland. Irrigated agriculture is practiced in the district. The national road 1S ( Panamericana ) crosses the district.

The district of San Luis borders in the northwest on the district Cerro Azul , in the northeast on the district Imperial and in the southeast on the district San Vicente de Cañete .

Cities and towns

In addition to the main town of San Luis, there are the following larger towns in the district:

  • La Quebrada (2439 inhabitants)
  • Laura Caller (1741 inhabitants)
  • Santa Barbara (783 inhabitants)
  • Santa Cruz (889 inhabitants)

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