Marcavelica District

Marcavelica District is one of eight districts of the province Sullana in Peru.[1] It was created by law on 25 March 1952 by the government of President Manuel A. Odría.[2]

Marcavelica
District
Marcavelica Location in Peru
Coordinates: 04°52′54″S 80°42′12″W
Country	Peru
Region	Piura
Province	Sullana
Founded	March 25, 1952
Capital	Marcavelica
Government
• Mayor	Segundo Teodoro Floreano Ruiz
Area
• Total	1,687.98 km^2 (651.73 sq mi)
Elevation	48 m (157 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	25,391
• Density	15/km^2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	200605

The headquarters of one of the two dedicated hunting areas in Peru is located in Marcavelica District.[3] Known as "El Coto de Caza el Angolo", it was formerly, in the 1970s, the estates and cattle ranch of Calixto Romero. Today it is part of the Northwest Peru Biosphere Reserve.[4] Consisting of some 650 square kilometres (251 sq mi),[5] the area is quite mountainous with deep ravines. The area is covered in dry forests, as the area has a low rainfall, but it is subject to heavy mists. Among the animals in the hunting reserve are whitetail deer, red deer, puma, peccary, sechuran fox, pampas cat, and anteaters. Birds native to the area include the condor, king vulture, hawks, canary partridges, pigeons of various kinds, and numerous song birds.[3][4][6]

Notes and references

1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. (in Spanish) Banco de Información Distrital, Retrieved April 17, 2008. Archived 17 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
2. Ley 11794 "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. "Atractivos y Potencialidades" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
4. Barrio, Javier (2004). "El Angolo refugio de fauna silvestre ("El Angolo, refuge for wildlife")". Viajeros. Vol. 7. pp. 34–42.
5. "El Coto de Caza El Angolo: de visita obligada". CrónicaViva. Universidad Jaime Bausate y Meza. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007.
6. Saldarriaga, Correa Maria Antoinette (29 August 2012). "Conociendo El Área Natural Protegida De La Región Piura Coto De Caza El Angolo". PerúEduca: Proyecto Productos. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.