Saposoa District
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 The district of Saposoa is centrally located in the province of Huallaga (marked in red) |
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| Country | Peru | ||
| region | San Martín | ||
| province | Huallaga | ||
| Seat | Saposoa | ||
| surface | 525 km² | ||
| Residents | 14,269 (2017) | ||
| density | 27 inhabitants per km² | ||
| founding | January 2, 1857 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-SAM | ||
| Website | munihuallaga.gob.pe (Spanish) | ||
| politics | |||
| Alcalde Provincial | Carlos Miguel Ramírez Saldaña (2019-2022) |
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| Political party | Vamos Perú | ||
Coordinates: 6 ° 56 ′ S , 76 ° 46 ′ W
The Saposoa District is located in the Huallaga Province in the San Martín Region in northern Peru . The district was founded on January 2, 1857. It has an area of 525 km². The 2017 census counted 14,269 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 12,314, in 2007 11,982. The district administration is located in the 307 m high provincial capital Saposoa with 8089 inhabitants (as of 2017).
Geographical location
The Saposoa District is centrally located in the Huallaga Province. The longitudinal extent in east-west direction is about 30 km. The western part of the district is traversed by the Río Pachicilla , a left tributary of the Río Huayabamba , in a southerly direction. The eastern part of the district is also traversed by the Río Saposoa in a southerly direction. In between, a mountain range runs through the middle of the district in a NNW-SSE direction. In addition, the district is flanked by other mountain ranges in the east and west. All three mountain ranges are part of the Peruvian Eastern Cordillera .
The district of Saposoa is bordered to the west by the district of Pachiza ( Mariscal Cáceres province ), to the north by the district of Alto Saposoa , to the east by the districts of San Pablo and Bellavista (both in the province of Bellavista ) and to the south by the districts of El Eslabón and Piscoyacu .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Peru: San Martín - Provinces & Districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
