Las Piedras | |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | frameless |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Madre de Dios |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Tambopata |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts Style: | para |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | December 26, 1912 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Las Piedras |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | José Angel Ayala Apaza |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 7032.21 |
Elevation M: | 260 |
Population Total: | 6072 |
Population As Of: | 2005 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | PET |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 170103 |
Las Piedras District is one of four districts of the province Tambopata in Peru.[1]
Bordered by the Rio Mavila on the northern boundary and the Rio Las Piedras to the south, the district comprises typical uninhabited lowland neotropical rainforest;[2] largely moist broadleaf evergreen or semi-evergreen with overstorey canopy and emergent crowns; medium layer canopy; lower canopy; and shrub level and understory.[3]
The forest-structure is influenced by the flood regimes of the Las Piedras River, a highly meandering, white-water affluent of the Madre de Dios River.[4]