Huaura Wawra | |
|---|---|
 Location of Huaura in the Huaura province | |
| Coordinates: 11°6′S77°36′W / 11.100°S 77.600°W Coordinates: 11°6′S77°36′W / 11.100°S 77.600°W | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Lima |
| Province | Huaura |
| Founded | August 6, 1936 |
| Capital | Huaura |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jacinto Eulogio Romero Trujillo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 484,43 km2 (18,704 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 67 m (220 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 34,764 |
| • Density | 0.72/km2 (1.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 150806 |
Huaura District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaura 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.
Huaura is one of nine provinces of the Department of Lima on the Pacific coast of Peru. It has a population of about 180,000 inhabitants. It is bordered by the province of Barranca and the Ancash Region in the north, the provinces of Cajatambo and Oyón and the Pasco Region in the east, the province of Huaral in the south and the Pacific Ocean in the west. The capital of the province is Huacho.
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.
