Sauce Sawsi | |
|---|---|
![]() | |
| Country | |
| Region | San Martín |
| Province | San Martín |
| Founded | May 20, 1936 |
| Capital | Sauce |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sebastian Calderon Bacon |
| Area | |
| • Total | 103 km2 (40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,350 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 220913 |
Sauce (hispanicized spelling of Quechua sawsi willow)[1] is one of fourteen districts of the province San Martín in Peru.[2]
Geography
Located in the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental (Peru), the town is 614 m a.s.l. and 51 km south of the Tarapoto city, across the Huallaga River, 6°42’12” south latitude and 76°15’15” west longitude.
Places of interest
References
- ↑ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
- ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.
