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UBIGEO
Ubigeo is the coding system for geographical locations ( Spanish: ''Código Ubicacíon Geográfica'') in Peru used by the National Statistics and Computing Institute ( Spanish: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática'' INEI) to code the first-level administrative subdivision: regions ( Spanish: ''regiones'', singular: ''región''), the second-level administrative subdivision: provinces ( Spanish: ''provincias'', singular: ''provincia'') and the third-level administrative subdivision: districts ( Spanish: ''distritos'', singular: ''distrito''). There are 1874 different ubigeos in Peru. Syntax The coding system uses two-digit numbers for each level of subdivision. The first level starts numbering at 01 for the Amazonas Region and continues in alphabetical order up to 25 for the Ucayali Region. Additional regions will be added to the end of the list, starting with the first available number. The second level starts with 0101 for the first province in the Amazonas re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Peru
The provinces of Peru () are the second-level administrative subdivisions of the country. They are divided into districts ( es, distritos, links=no). There are 196 provinces in Peru, grouped into 25 regions, except for Lima Province which does not belong to any region. This makes an average of seven provinces per region. The region with the fewest provinces is Callao (one) and the region with the most is Ancash (twenty). While provinces in the sparsely populated Amazon rain forest of eastern Peru tend to be larger, there is a large concentration of them in the north-central area of the country. The province with the fewest districts is Purús Province, with just one district. The province with the most districts is Lima Province, with 43 districts. The most common number of districts per province is eight; a total of 29 provinces share this number of districts. Provinces table The table below shows all provinces with their capitals and the region in which they are locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huánuco Province
The Huánuco Province is one of 11 provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Huánuco. History Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Political division The province is divided into twelve districts. * Amarilis ( Paucarbamba) * Chinchao (Acomayo) * Churubamba ( Churubamba) * Huánuco (Huánuco) * Margos ( Margos) * Pillco Marca ( Cayhuayna) * Quisqui ( Huancapallac) * San Francisco de Cayrán ( Cayrán) * San Pedro de Chaulán ( Chaulán) * Santa María del Valle ( Santa María del Valle) * Yacus * Yarumayo ( Yarumayo) Ethnic groups The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (75.97%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.74% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language ( 2007 Peru Census). Events On 21 December 2005, eight Peruvian policemen were killed by Shining Path terrorists. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxapampa Province
The Oxapampa Province ( es, Provincia de Oxapampa) is the largest of three provinces that make up the Pasco Region in Peru. The capital of the Oxapampa province is the city of Oxapampa. The province is located on the eastern slopes of the Andes reaching down to the lowlands of the Amazon Basin. The high point of the province is approximately in elevation near the summit of Huaguruncho mountain in the Huancabamba District and the low point is approximately on the Pachitea River in the Constitución District. The Cerro de la Sal, an important source of salt for the indigenous people of the Amazon Basin since pre-historic times is located in the Villa Rica District of the province. The southeastern part of the province is the location of the Gran Pajonal (Great Grassland), an elevated plateau occupied by the Asháninka people. Oxapampa is best known for the colonists from Austria and Germany who established one of the first European settlements (in Peru) east of the Andes in r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayacucho Region
Ayacucho () is a department and region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit in the 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path known as the internal conflict in Peru. A referendum was held on 30 October 2005, in order to decide whether the department would merge with the departments of Ica and Huancavelica to form the new Ica-Ayacucho-Huancavelica Region, as part of the decentralization process in Peru. The proposal failed and no merger was carried out. Political division The department is divided into 11 provinces ( es, provincias, singular: ''provincia''), which are composed of 111 districts (''distritos'', singular: ''distrito''). Provinces The provinces, with their capitals in parenthesis, are: # Cangallo (Cangallo) # Huamanga (Ayacucho) # Huanca Sancos ( Huanca Sancos) # Huanta (Huanta) # La Mar ( San Miguel) # Lucanas (Puquio) # Parinacochas (Coracora) # P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheto District
Cheto is a district of the Chachapoyas Province in the Amazonas Region in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy f .... Its seat is Cheto located at an altitude of 2,500 m.s.n.m.. During the 2005 Peru census the district had 686 inhabitants. See also * Purum Llaqta External linksCheto district official website 1953 establishments in Peru States and territories established in 1953 Districts of the Chachapoyas Province Districts of the Amazonas Region {{AmazonasPE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balsas District
Balsas (Spanish for Rafts) is a district of the province of Chachapoyas, Peru. The District of Balsas was created in epoch of the independence, between 1821 and 1824. The district capital is Balsas. The district covers an area of 357.09 km2, and is located at an altitude of 854 above sea level. Major festivals in the area are the carnivals in February, Guadalupe's Virgin on October 9, and Master of the Miracles on October 28. His most out-standing tourist attractions are: the Vales of the River Cashew, archaeological ruins of Balsas, Gollón and Pircapunta, which are also declared as a cultural heritage of the nation. The name was given because near there existed a wooden bridge made from rafts that the Inca The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, ( Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The adm ... Wayna Capac o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asunción District, Chachapoyas
Asunción is a district of the Chachapoyas Province, Peru. The District of Asunción is located in the northern part of the province in Amazonas Region; the capital is the town of Goncha. The district covers an area of 25.71 km²; the elevation of the district capital is 2,820 above sea level. The climate is moderate to dry moderate cold. The District of Asunción borders: *For the North: With the Bongará Province *For the South: With the Quinjalca District *For the East: With the Olleros District *For the West: With the Chiliquín District Chiliquín is one of 21 Peruvian districts that form the Province of Chachapoyas in the Amazon region. Chiliquin is located in the high mountain. Chiliquin offers several attractive places for tourists like ruins and cataracts A cataract ... External linksAsunción district official website 1933 establishments in Peru Districts of the Chachapoyas Province Districts of the Amazonas Region {{AmazonasPE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huaraz Province
The Huaraz Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru. It was created on August 5, 1857 during the presidency of Ramón Castilla. Geographically, the province is located over the Callejón de Huaylas and the western slopes of the Cordillera Negra. The Regional Museum of Archaeology is located in the Huaraz district. Some other highlights of the province are the Pumacayán hill, the hot springs of Monterrey (at 6 km or 4 mi from the city) and the Willkawain archaeological sites, at to the north of Huaraz, in village of Paria, in the Independencia district. Geography The Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Negra traverse the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are Pucaranra, Chinchey, Tocllaraju and Huantsán. Other mountains are listed below: At 30 kilometres (20 mi) from Huaraz, by the route Huaraz–Casma that crosses the Cordillera Negra, there is a place named Punta Callan in the summit of this mountain range. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utcubamba Province
Utcubamba (hispanicized spelling), in Quechua Utkhupampa (''utkhu'' cotton, ''pampa'' a large plain,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary) "cotton plain"), is one of seven provinces of the Amazonas Region, Peru. It was created by Law#-23843 on May 30, 1984. Its capital is Bagua Grande and its principal attraction is the Tourist Corridor of Utcubamba where the valley becomes notably closer forming "the canyon of Utcubamba". These conditions modify the climate in a substantial way and create a radical ecological shift. The area is fresh and fragrant and the orchids that are bountiful are unique in the world. Notably picturesque cascades are observed in the rocky vertical walls that the river has created. There are hot springs a few meters from El Ingenio bridge. The selection of this corridor lies in the beauty of the scenery and in the tourist activities that can be generate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodríguez De Mendoza Province
Rodríguez de Mendoza is a province of the Amazonas Region, Peru. It is located in the southeast part of the department of Amazonas. It borders on the west with the province of Chachapoyas and on the north, east and south with the department of San Martin. It was created by law 7626 on October 31, 1932 and its capital is Mendoza. The province has an enormous importance because of the fertility of its soils, its benign climate and the big rivers that pass through its territory. Between these rivers we have San Antonio, Aiña, Pachca, Omia and Shocol or Milpuc. In its extensive tropical forests, there are spectacled bears and one variety of hummingbird ('' Loddigesia mirabilis''). Political division Rodríguez de Mendoza is divided into twelve district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitución District
Constitución District is one of eight districts of the province Oxapampa in Peru. Distrito de ConstitucióOfficial municipal website Its capital is the town of Ciudad Constitucion Ciudad () is the Spanish word for City Ciudad may also refer to: *La Ciudad (archaeological site), Hohokam ruins in Phoenix, Arizona *La Ciudad, district of Durango City, Mexico *''La ciudad'', novel by Mario Levrero 1970 *La Ciudad ''The City'' .... References {{coord, 9.8549, S, 75.0213, W, source:wikidata, display=title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Condorcanqui Province
Condorcanqui is a province of the Amazonas Region, Peru. It was created by law 23832 of May 18, 1984, based on territories of the province of Bagua, covering the basins of the rivers Santiago, Cenepa and Marañon. The province was named in honor to Tupac Amaru II Its principal route is the fluvial one, it lasts three days of navigation to come to Santa Maria de Nieva, capital of the province, furrowing the waters of the Marañón river. Political division Condorcanqui is divided into three district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivision ...s, which are: Places of interest * Ichigkat muja - Cordillera del Condor National Park * Santiago-Comaina Reserved Zone See also * Nieva River {{coord, 4, 34, 59, S, 77, 54, 00, W, type:adm2nd_source:itwiki, display=tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
