Castilla District

District in Piura, Peru

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Coordinates: 5°07′47″S 80°30′52″W / 5.12972°S 80.51444°W / -5.12972; -80.51444Country

PeruRegionPiuraProvincePiuraFoundedMarch 30, 1861CapitalCastillaGovernment

• MayorJosé Elías Aguilar Silva^[1]
(2019–2021)Area

• Total662.23 km² (255.69 sq mi)Elevation

30 m (100 ft)Population

(2005 census)

• Total120,766 • Density180/km² (470/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)UBIGEO200104Websitemunicastilla.gob.pe

Castilla District is one of ten districts of the province Piura in Peru.^[2] The district was created in 1861 during the presidency of Ramón Castilla. In 2007, it had a population of 120,000.^[3]

References

^ Redacción (January 2, 2019). "José Aguilar juramentó como nuevo alcalde de Castilla". Noticias Piura 3.0 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 17, 2008.
^ city population