Rioja Province
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The Rioja Province is one of ten
provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
of the San Martín Region in northern
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Location

The province is bordered to the north and east by the
Moyobamba Province The Moyobamba Province is one of ten provinces of the San Martín Region in northern Peru. Political division The province is divided into six districts. * Calzada ( Calzada) * Habana (Habana) * Jepelacio ( Jepelacio) * Moyobamba (Moyobamba ...
and to the south and west by the
Amazonas Region Amazonas () is a department and region in northern Peru bordered by Ecuador on the north and west, Cajamarca on the west, La Libertad on the south, and Loreto and San Martín on the east. Its capital is the city of Chachapoyas. With a lands ...
. The province has a population of 90,000 inhabitants. Its capital is Rioja. The area of the province is .


Political division

The province is divided into nine districts. * Awajun ( Bajo Naranjillo) * Elias Soplin Vargas ( Segunda Jerusalén) *
Nueva Cajamarca Nueva is the Spanish feminine form of the word for "new" and may refer to: * Isla Nueva, an uninhabited island in Chile * The Nueva School, a school in Hillsborough, California, USA. * Nueva (Llanes) Nueva is one of 28 parishes (administr ...
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Nueva Cajamarca Nueva is the Spanish feminine form of the word for "new" and may refer to: * Isla Nueva, an uninhabited island in Chile * The Nueva School, a school in Hillsborough, California, USA. * Nueva (Llanes) Nueva is one of 28 parishes (administr ...
) * Pardo Miguel ( Naranjos) * Posic ( Posic) * Rioja ( Rioja) *
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San Fernando San Fernando may refer to: People *Ferdinand III of Castile (c. 1200–1252), called ''San Fernando'' (Spanish) or ''Saint Ferdinand'', King of Castile, León, and Galicia Places Argentina *San Fernando de la Buena Vista, city of Greater Buenos ...
) * Yorongos ( Yorongos) * Yuracyacu ( Yuracyacu) Provinces of the San Martín Region {{SanMartín-geo-stub