Atavillos Bajo | |
|---|---|
| Country |  |
| Region | Lima |
| Province | Huaral |
| Capital | San Agustín de Huayopampa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pablo Humberto Mendoza Soto |
| Area | |
| • Total | 164.89 km2 (63.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,878 m (6,161 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 902 |
| • Density | 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 150603 |
Atavillos Bajo District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaral in Peru. [1]
The districts of Peru are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments. There are 1,838 districts in total.
The Huaral Province is one of the nine provinces in the Lima Region of Peru. It was created by Law No. 21488 on May 11, 1976 by president Francisco Morales Bermúdez out of eight districts of the Canta Province and four of the Huaura Province. Geographically, its territory extends around the valley of the Chancay River from the mountainous frontier of the Pasco Region and Junín Region up to the Pacific Ocean.
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.
