Florida District, Peru Explained

Florida
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:frameless
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Amazonas
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Bongará
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:para
Established Title:Founded
Seat Type:Capital
Leader Title:Mayor
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:PET
Utc Offset1:-5
Blank Name Sec1:UBIGEO

Florida is one of the twelve districts of the Bongará Province in the Amazonas Region of Peru.[1] Its seat is Pomacochas, also named Florida. It is located approximately 90 km from Bagua Grande, at the route of the Peruvian forest for the marginal highway of the forest, today called Fernando Belaunde Terry.

The borders of the district are:

The access to the capital of the district is by asphalted highway of the Forest Fernando Belaunde Terry. It is an intermediate step of Chachapoyas to Lima.

The highway of the (Pan-American) coast (Fernando Belaunde Terry) joins to that of the forest doing a whole of 1,525 km, which is asphalted for its entire length.

In accordance with the census conducted in the district in the year 2003, it has a population of 5,117 inhabitants, 2,839 or (56%) belong to rural population and 2,275 inhabitants or (44%) are urban population.

Lake Pomacochas is situated within the district.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Provincias y Distritos. n.d.. es. Gobierno Regional de Amazonas. https://web.archive.org/web/20130615121036/http://www.regionamazonas.gob.pe/sede/detalle_directorio.php?id=35. 15 June 2013. dead. 15 November 2014.