Paucarpata District is one of the twenty-nine districts of the Arequipa Province in Peru.[1] It is noted for its terraced agricultural hills, called andenes in Spanish.
Paucarpata
Pawqarpata | |
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District | |
The pata pata or andenes of Paucarpata with the city of Arequipa in the background | |
| Coordinates: 16°24′28.01″S 71°39′47.25″W | |
| Country | |
| Region | Arequipa |
| Province | Arequipa |
| Capital | Paucarpata |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marcio Soto Rivera |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31.07 km2 (12.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,405 m (7,890 ft) |
| Population (2005 census) | |
| • Total | 125,255 |
| • Density | 4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 040112 |
| Website | munipaucarpata.gob.pe |
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| Arequipa |
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| Camaná | |
| Caravelí | |
| Castilla |
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| Caylloma | |
| Condesuyos | |
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| La Unión |
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