Urarinas District

Urarinas District is one of five districts of the province Loreto in Peru.[1] In addition to Jivaroan-speaking peoples, a major indigenous Amazonian group residing in this District is the Urarina people.[2]

Urarinas
Country Peru
RegionLoreto
ProvinceLoreto
FoundedJuly 2, 1943
CapitalConcordia
Area
  Total15,778.4 km2 (6,092.1 sq mi)
Elevation
112 m (367 ft)
Population
  Total12,025
  Density0.76/km2 (2.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO160305

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


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