Urarinas District
Appearance
Urarinas | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Loreto |
Province | Loreto |
Founded | July 2, 1943 |
Capital | Concordia |
Area | |
• Total | 15,778.4 km2 (6,092.1 sq mi) |
Elevation | 112 m (367 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 12,025 |
• Density | 0.76/km2 (2.0/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 160305 |
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]
References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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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