Paita | |
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 Location of Paita in the Piura Region | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Piura |
| Founded | March 20, 1861 |
| Capital | Paita |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Teodoro Edilberto Alvarado Alayo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,785.16 km2 (689.25 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 129,892 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| UBIGEO | 2005 |
| Website | www |
The Paita Province is one of eight provinces of the Piura Region in northwestern Peru.
The province is located along the pacific coast. Its capital city, Paita, is one of the main ports of Peru..
The Province is divided into seven districts, which are:
The capital of the province is the city of Paita.
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Peru is a country on the central western coast of South America facing the Pacific Ocean. It lies wholly in the Southern Hemisphere, its northernmost extreme reaching to 1.8 minutes of latitude or about 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) south of the equator. Peru shares land borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile, with its longest land border shared with Brazil.
Piura is a coastal department and region in northwestern Peru. The region's capital is Piura and its largest port cities, Paita and Talara, are also among the most important in Peru. The area is known for its tropical and dry beaches. It is the most populous department in Peru, its twelfth smallest department, and its fourth-most densely populated department, after Tumbes, La Libertad, and Lambayeque.
Talara is a province in the Piura Region, Peru. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Paita Province on the south, the Sullana Province on the east and the Tumbes Region's Contralmirante Villar Province on the north. Its capital is the major port city of Talara. It also contains the beach resort of Máncora. The province was created by the President Manuel A. Odría in 1956.
Paita is a city in northwestern Peru. It is the capital of the Paita Province which is in the Piura Region. It is a leading seaport in the region. Paita is located 1,089 km northwest of the country's capital Lima, and 57 km northwest of the regional capital of Piura. Starting in 2014, the city has considered ideas for separating from the Piura Region, proclaiming itself as the "Miguel Grau Region".
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José Carlos Carrasco Távara was a Peruvian lawyer and politician and a former Congressman representing the Piura region for the 2001–2006 term, and the 2006–2011 term. Carrasco belonged to the Peruvian Aprista Party. He was born in Sullana. He was the Minister of Energy and Mines during the First Presidency of Alan Garcia and was also a Deputy, representing the Piura region from 1980 to 1992, when President Alberto Fujimori shut the whole Congress down in a self-coup.
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