Area of Loreto

The Loreto is the area Peru most septentrional. Covering a little less third of the territory, Loreto is the most extended area of the country but also one of those having the sparsest population, because of its geographical location isolated in the rain forest Amazon ienne. It was created the February 7th 1866.

Capital : Iquitos at the edge of the the Amazon - the largest river port of Peru.
Climate : Equatorial
Surface : 368,852 km ²
population : 907.341 hab. (2002)
density : 2,5 hab. /km ²
provinces : 7 provinces and 48 districts
Altitude min. : 70 m (in Amelia)
highest : 220 m (in Balsapuerto)

Administrative divisions

The area of Loreto is made up of 7 provinces:

Maynas
Viola Amazonas
Datem del Marañón
Loreto
Mariscal Ramón Castilla
Requena
Ucayali

who themselves are divided into 48 districts.

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