Sihuas District

Infobox District Peru
district = Sihuas




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region = Ancash
province = Sihuas
capital = Sihuas
elevation = 2716
hamlets =
ubigeo = 021901
pop = commas|5163
density = commas|117.8
area = commas|43.81
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mayor = José Lopez Morillo
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Sihuas District is one of ten districts of the province Sihuas in Peru. [es icon Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. " [http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Distrital] ". Retrieved April 11, 2008.]

The district of Sihuas is a Peruvian district of the ten that conforms the province of Sihuas in the Ancash Region. It is located in the southern zone and central of this province and one is crossed by the Rúpac river.

This district was created before independence, consisting of the then department of Tarma.

In this district the city of Sihuas extends that is the capital of the province. It has an extension of 61.57 kilometers square and one approximated population of 5,028 inhabitants.

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