Tahuanía District

Coordinates: 10°03′46″S 74°00′27″W / 10.06278°S 74.00750°W / -10.06278; -74.00750
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Tahuanía District
Distrito de Tahunía
Country Peru
RegionUcayali
ProvinceAtalaya
FoundedJuly 2, 1943
CapitalBolognesi
Government
 • MayorJaime Carrion Vera
Area
 • Total7,016.71 km2 (2,709.17 sq mi)
Elevation
190 m (620 ft)
Population
 • Total5,171
 • Density0.74/km2 (1.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO250203

Tahuanía District is one of the four districts of the province Atalaya in Peru.[1]

The district was created by Law No. 9815 of 2 July 1943, during the government of President Manuel Prado Ugarteche.[2]

In this district of the Peruvian Amazon lives the ethnic Pano group Shipibo-Conibo self-named Joni.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-01-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. ^ «Ley N° 9815»
  3. ^ "Pueblos Indígenas Amazónicos". www.peruecologico.com.pe. Retrieved 2020-07-18.

10°03′46″S 74°00′27″W / 10.06278°S 74.00750°W / -10.06278; -74.00750