Miguel Checa District

Miguel Checa
Miguel Checa is located in Peru
Miguel Checa
Miguel Checa
Location in Peru
Coordinates: 04°54′08″S 80°48′55″W / 4.90222°S 80.81528°W / -4.90222; -80.81528
Country Peru
RegionPiura
ProvinceSullana
Founded10 November 1950
CapitalSojo
Government
 • MayorPedro Miguel Zapata Socola
Area
 • Total450.3 km2 (173.9 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 • Total7,209
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO200606

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

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  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved 17 April 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 24 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Casa Hacienda Sojo" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo (MINCETUR). 20 February 2012. Archived from the original on 15 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 23 January 2016.