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District in Loreto, Peru
Urarinas
District
Country Peru
RegionLoreto
ProvinceLoreto
FoundedJuly 2, 1943
CapitalConcordia
Area
 • Total15,778.4 km (6,092.1 sq mi)
Elevation112 m (367 ft)
Population
 • Total12,025
 • Density0.76/km (2.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO160305

Urarinas District is one of five districts of the province Loreto in Peru. In addition to Jivaroan-speaking peoples, a major indigenous Amazonian group residing in this District is the Urarina people.

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. Dean, Bartholomew. 2009. Urarina Society, Cosmology, and History in Peruvian Amazonia. Gainesville: University Press of Florida ISBN 978-0-8130-3378-5
Alto Amazonas
Datem del Marañón
Loreto
Mariscal Ramón Castilla
Maynas
Putumayo
Requena
Ucayali

4°34′45″S 75°18′39″W / 4.5793°S 75.3107°W / -4.5793; -75.3107


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