Miguel Checa District

Miguel Checa
District
Miguel Checa

Location in Peru

Coordinates: 04°54′08″S 80°48′55″W / 4.90222°S 80.81528°W / -4.90222; -80.81528Coordinates: 04°54′08″S 80°48′55″W / 4.90222°S 80.81528°W / -4.90222; -80.81528
Country  Peru
Region Piura
Province Sullana
Founded November 10, 1950
Capital Sojo
Government
 • Mayor Pedro Miguel Zapata Socola
Area
 • Total 450.3 km2 (173.9 sq mi)
Elevation 70 m (230 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 7,209
 • Density 16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 200606

Miguel Checa District is one of eight districts of the province Sullana in Peru.[1] It was created by law on 10 November 1950 by the government of President Manuel A. Odría.[2] The administrative center of the district is the village of Sojo which is approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of the town of Sullana on the Paita Highway.[3][4]

Of interest in Miguel Checa District are the archaeological site and huaca "La Mariposa", and the colonial mansion "Casa de Sojo".[3][5] The district was named after Miguel Checa who built the "Casa de Sojo" in 1910.[3]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 17, 2008. Archived 17 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Ley 11515 "20.2 Departmento Piura: Dispositivo legal de creación según provincia y distrito" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Casa Hacienda Sojo" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo (MINCETUR). 20 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sojo Map — Satellite Images of Sojo". Maplandia.
  5. ↑ "19.2 Departmento Piura: Directorio de atractivos naturales y turisticos" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. 1997. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.


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