| José Crespo Y Castillo | |
|---|---|
| District | |
View of Sumaq Puñuq (La Bella Durmiente), a limestone mountain range in the shape of a sleeping woman in Tingo Maria National Park, José Crespo Y Castillo District | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Huánuco |
| Province | Leoncio Prado |
| Founded | December 26, 1963 |
| Capital | Aucayacu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,829.67 km2 (1,092.54 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 540 m (1,770 ft) |
| Population (2005 census) | |
| • Total | 30,007 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PET (UTC-5) |
| UBIGEO | 100604 |
José Crespo Y Castillo District is one of six districts of the province Leoncio Prado 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 Leoncio Prado Province is one of eleven provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Tingo María.
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.
