Pozuzo District
Pozuzo District is one of eight districts of the Oxapampa Province in the Pasco Department of Peru.[1] The two towns in the district are the capital, Pozuzo, population 1,366 in 2017, and Prusia, which is smaller.
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| Country |  |
| Region | Pasco |
| Province | Oxapampa |
| Founded | November 29, 1918 |
| Capital | Pozuzo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nilton Ballesteros Crisanto |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,394.4 km2 (538.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 731 m (2,398 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 4,511 |
| • Density | 3.2/km2 (8.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 190305 |
Pozuzo District is best known for the colonists from Austria and Germany who established one of the first European settlements (in Peru) east of the Andes in remote Pozuzo District in 1859. Traces of German culture remain in the architecture and culture of the district.[2]
Tourism
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References
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- Dilwyn Jenkins (2009-07-01). The Rough Guide to Peru. Rough Guides Limited. pp. 487–489. ISBN 978-1-84836-053-2.
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