Uchumarca District

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Uchumarca
Uchumarka
District
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Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region La Libertad
Province Bolívar
Founded January 2, 1857
Capital Uchumarca
Government
 •  Mayor Julio Nestor Davila Rojas
Area
 • Total 190.53 km2 (73.56 sq mi)
Elevation 3,035 m (9,957 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 3,132
 • Density 16/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 130305

Uchumarca or Uchumarka (Quechua uchu capsicum, marka village) is one of six districts of the province of Bolívar in Peru. [1]

<i>Capsicum</i> genus of plants

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References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine .. Retrieved April 11, 2008.


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