San José de Sisa
San José de Sisa | |
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Town | |
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| Nickname: La hermosa flor (The beautiful flower) | |
  San José de Sisa Location within Peru | |
| Coordinates: 06°36′51″S 76°41′37″W / 6.61417°S 76.69361°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | San Martín |
| Province | El Dorado |
| District | San José de Sisa |
| Founded | 25 November 1876 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Francisco Satalaya Castillo |
| Elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 14,639 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
San José de Sisa is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the province El Dorado in the region San Martín.[1] Founded under Decree 7848 on 25 November 1876, it was designated the capital of its district on 16 October 1933.[2] On 8 December 1992, it became the capital of El Dorado Province under Decree 25931.[3]
References
- ↑ Cohen, Saul Bernard (2008). The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: A to G. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 1125. ISBN 9780231145541.
- ↑ Tarazona, Justino M. (1948). Demarcación Política del Perú: recopilación de leyes y decretos (1821-1946) [Political Demarcation of Peru: Compilation of Laws and Decrees (1821–1946)] (in Spanish). Lima: Peru Ministry of Finance and Commerce. p. 1454.
- ↑ "Crean la Provincia de El Dorado en la Región San Martín" [El Dorado Province Created in San Martín Region] (PDF). peru.gob.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016.