Tápuc district
| Tápuc district | |
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 The Tápuc district (shown in yellow) is in the north of the Daniel Alcides Carrión province |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Pasco |
| province | Daniel Alcides Carrión |
| Seat | Tápuc |
| surface | 46.6 km² |
| Residents | 2469 (2017) |
| density | 53 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | January 2, 1857 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-PAS |
| politics | |
| Alcalde District | Pelayo Rivera Chombo (2019-2022) |
Coordinates: 10 ° 27 ′ 17 ″ S , 76 ° 27 ′ 42 ″ W.
The district of Tápuc is located in the province of Daniel Alcides Carrión in the Pasco region in central Peru . The district was founded on January 2, 1857. It has an area of 46.6 km². The 2017 census counted 2,469 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 2932, in 2007 it was 3976. The district administration is located in the 3675 m high village of Tápuc with 1666 inhabitants (as of 2017). Tápuc is 7 km east-northeast of the provincial capital Yanahuanca .
Geographical location
The Tápuc district is located in the Andean highlands in the north of the Daniel Alcides Carrión province. It has a length in north-south direction of almost 12 km and a maximum width of about 6 km. The Río Chaupihuaranga crosses the district in a north-easterly direction.
The Tápuc district is bordered to the west by the district of San Pedro de Pillao , on the north by the district San Miguel de Cauri ( Lauricocha Province ), in the northeast on the district Paucar , on the east by the district Chacayán , the south by the district of Vilcabamba and in Southwest to the Yanahuanca district .