Suyo District
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 The Suyo district is located in the northwest of Ayabaca Province (marked in red) |
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| Country | Peru | ||
| region | Piura | ||
| province | Ayabaca | ||
| Seat | Suyo | ||
| surface | 1067 km² | ||
| Residents | 11,801 (2017) | ||
| density | 11 inhabitants per km² | ||
| founding | January 2, 1857 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-PIU | ||
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| Alcalde District | Jose Edar Troncos Ojeda (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 4 ° 31 ′ S , 80 ° 0 ′ W
The Suyo district is located in the Ayabaca province in the Piura region in northwestern Peru . The district was founded on January 2, 1857. It has an area of 1067 km². At the 2017 census , 11,801 people lived in the district. In 1993 the population was 11,051, in 2007 11,951. The administrative center is the 399 m high village of Suyo with 1104 inhabitants (as of 2017). Suyo is 35 km west-northwest of the provincial capital Ayabaca .
Geographical location
The Suyo district is located in the Western Cordillera of Peru . It extends over the northwest of the Ayabaca province. The Río Calvas and Río Macará rivers run west along the border with Ecuador. The Río Quiroz , left tributary of the Río Chira , crosses the southwest of the district.
The Suyo district borders on the Lancones district ( Sullana province ) in the west, Ecuador in the north, the Jililí district in the east, the Montero district in the south-east, the Paimas district in the south and the Las Lomas district in the south-west ( province Piura ).
Localities
In addition to the main town Suyo, there are the following larger towns in the district:
- Aterrizaje
- Cachaquito
- Canoas
- Chirinos
- Cucuyas
- La Copa
- La Tina
- Nueva Esperanza
- Pico de Loro
- Puente Internacional
- Puente Quiroz
- Quebrada Seca
- Santa Ana
- Santa Rosa
- Sarayuyo
- Saucillo
- Surpampa
- Zapallay
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Peru: Piura - Provinces & Districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
