| Zapatero District | |
|---|---|
| District | |
| Country |  |
| Region | San Martín |
| Province | Lamas |
| Founded | October 15, 1954 |
| Capital | Zapatero |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wilder Del Aguila Del Castillo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 175 km2 (68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 290 m (950 ft) |
| Population (2005 census) | |
| • Total | 5,008 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (74/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PET (UTC-5) |
| UBIGEO | 220511 |
Zapatero District is one of eleven districts of the province Lamas 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 Lamas 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.
From the standpoint of hierarchical Church Catholic part of the Prelature Moyobamba, suffragan of the Metropolitan Trujillo and assigned by Holy See to Archdiocese of Toledo in Spain . [2]
The Holy See, also called the See of Rome, is the apostolic episcopal see of the bishop of Rome, known as the Pope, ex cathedra the universal ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the worldwide Catholic Church, and a sovereign entity of international law. Founded in the 1st century by Saints Peter and Paul, by virtue of Petrine and Papal primacy according to Catholic tradition, it is the focal point of full communion for Catholic bishops and Catholics around the world organised in polities of the Latin Church, the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, and their dioceses and religious institutes.
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe. Its territory also includes two archipelagoes: the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.
