Pucacaca Puka Qaqa | |
|---|---|
| Country |  |
| Region | San Martín |
| Province | Picota |
| Founded | May 8, 1936 |
| Capital | Pucacaca |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eddy Galvez Garcia (2019-2022) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 230.72 km2 (89.08 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 217 m (712 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 2,971 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 220705 |
Pucacaca (in hispanicized spelling) or Puka Qaqa (Quechua puka red, qaqa rock, "red rock") is one of ten districts of the province Picota 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 Picota Province is one of ten provinces of the San Martín Region in northern Peru.
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.
