Urpay District
Urpay District | |
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The Urpay district (marked in beige) is located in the southwest of the Pataz province |
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Basic data | |
Country | Peru |
region | La Libertad |
province | Pataz |
Seat | Urpay |
surface | 99.6 km² |
Residents | 2048 (2017) |
density | 21 inhabitants per km² |
founding | February 12, 1959 |
ISO 3166-2 | PE-LAL |
Website | muniurpay.gob.pe (Spanish) |
politics | |
Alcalde District | Bary Mendoza Martínez (2019-2022) |
Coordinates: 8 ° 21 ′ S , 77 ° 23 ′ W
The Urpay district is located in the Pataz Province in the La Libertad region in western Peru . The district was established on February 12, 1959. It has an area of 99.61 km². The 2017 census counted 2048 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 3336, in 2007 it was 3019. The administrative seat of the district is the 2688 m high town of Urpay with 514 inhabitants (as of 2017). Urpay is 13 km southwest of the provincial capital Tayabamba .
Geographical location
The Urpay district is located on the western flank of the Peruvian Central Cordillera in the southwest of the Pataz province. Along the southern district boundary, the Río Challas and its tributary Río Huancas flows in a westerly direction. The Río Arancante flows south along the western district boundary. At almost the same point, the rivers flow into the Río Marañón , which runs west of the district.
The Urpay district borders in the northwest on the district Taurija , in the northeast and east by the district Tayabamba , in the southeast of the district Huancaspata and on the southwest by the district Santiago de Challas .
Localities
In addition to the main town Urpay, the district has the following larger towns (anexos and caseríos):
- Cochabamba
- El Mirador
- Islan
- Macania (393 inhabitants)
- Miraflores (209 inhabitants)
- Olgoyaco
- Pachomonte
- Pariamarca (279 inhabitants)
- Parihuana (236 inhabitants)
- Sayre (240 inhabitants)
- Sayre Viejo
- Suyanga
- Yanabaca
Web links
- Municipalidad Distrital de Urpay
- Peru: Region La Libertad (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de
- INEI Perú