Trujillo province, Peru

Trujillo
Province
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Trujillo in La Libertad Region
Country	Peru
Region	La Libertad
Capital	Trujillo
Government
• Mayor	Daniel Marcelo Jacinto
Area
• Total	1,768.65 km2 (682.88 sq mi)
Elevation	34 m (112 ft)
Population [1]
• Total	970,016
• Density	550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
UBIGEO	1301

Trujillo is one of twelve provinces in La Libertad Region in Peru.

Boundaries

It borders to the north with the province of Ascope, to the east with the province of Otuzco, to the south with the province of Virú, and to the west with the Pacific Ocean.

Political division

The province has an area of 1,768.65 square kilometers (682.88 sq mi) and is divided into twelve districts. Nine of these are part of the Trujillo metropolitan area. The districts of the province are:

• Trujillo
• Alto Trujillo
• El Porvenir
• Florencia de Mora
• Huanchaco
• La Esperanza
• Laredo
• Moche
• Poroto
• Salaverry
• Simbal
• Víctor Larco Herrera

Capital

The capital of the province is the city of Trujillo, the third largest in the country.

Population by districts

The next table shows the population by districts and some complementary data.

Trujillo Province

Districts of Trujillo Province [2]	Datos por cada Distrito [3]
	Capital	Elevation media (msl)	Distance (Approx.) to Trujillo (km)	Ubigeo [4]	Area (km2)	Density 2014 (inhabitants/km2)	Population 2007	Population 2014 (Est.) [1]
1. Trujillo	Trujillo	34	0	130101	39.36	8076.5	294899	317893
2. Victor Larco Herrera	Buenos Aires	3	5	130111	18.02	3513.7	55781	63317
3. La Esperanza	La Esperanza	77	4	130105	18.64	9624.8	151845	179407
4. El Porvenir	El Porvenir	90	4	130102	36.70	4924.1	140507	180716
5. Huanchaco	Huanchaco	23	12	130104	333.90	194.5	44806	64957
6. Florencia de Mora	Florencia de Mora	85	5	130101	1.99	21080.4	40014	41950
7. Laredo	Laredo	89	7	130106	335.44	104.9	32825	35200
8. Moche	Moche	4	7	130107	25.25	1349.5	29727	34074
9. Salaverry	Salaverry	3	14	130109	390.55	45.1	13892	17633
10. Poroto	Poroto		40	130108	276.01	11.8	3601	3267
11. Simbal	Simbal		40	130110	390.55	11.0	4082	4315
Province				1301	1768.65	533.0	811979	942729
Sources: Population 2007 : Census 2007 INEI [5] Estimated Population 2012 : Estimates of INEI [6]

See also

• Trujillo city
• Víctor Larco city
• Virú province
• Ascope province
• Otuzco province
• Trujillo metropolitan area

References

1. INEI (ed.). "PERÚ:Estimaciones y Proyecciones de Población por Sexo, según Departamento, Provincia y Distrito, 2000–2015".
2. Plan Estratégico de desarrollo Integral y sostenible de Trujillo-Plandet "Plan de Desarrollo Territorial de Trujillo". Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
3. "(spanish)Plan de Desarrollo Metropolitano de Trujillo-Plandet (Pag. 36)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
4. INEI. "Códigos de Ubigeo". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
5. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática http://www.inei.gob.pe/
6. Estimaciones de Población-INEI http://www.inei.gob.pe/biblioineipub/bancopub/Est/Lib0842/index.htm

External links

• Location of Trujillo city, the capital of the province (Wikimapia)

8°07′01″S79°01′59″W / 8.117°S 79.033°W / -8.117; -79.033