Morropon Province

The province of Morropón is one of the eight provinces that make up the department of Piura in northern Peru. It limits to the north with the province of Ayabaca, to the east with the province of Huancabamba, to the south with the department of Lambayeque and to the west with the province of Piura.

From the point of view of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, it is part of the diocese of Chulucanas.

History

The Peruvian province is located in the western part of the Piura Andes. It was created as a province by Law No. 8174, approved on January 21, 1936, and promulgated on January 31, 1936, in the government of President Oscar R. Benavides.

Administrative division

The province covers an area of 3,817.92 km² and is divided into 10 districts:

1. Chulucanas
2. Buenos Aires
3. Chalaco
4. The Matanza
5. Morropón
6. Salitral
7. San Juan de Bigote
8. Saint Catherine of Mossa
9. Santo Domingo
10. Yamango

Geography

The territory of the province is divided in two by the Piura river. It also has several lagoons, which are located in the town of Cerro Negro, 6 km from the district of Chalaco, near the Inapampa hamlet, also constituting a natural viewpoint.

Population

This province has a population of approximately 165,000 inhabitants. Its population is very diversified, there are descendants of Spanish as well as descendants of Africans and indigenous population to a lesser extent.

Culture

This province is known for cultivating the tondero, a traditional dance that has lasted since colonial times and which gave it the title of tondero capital. In the same way, ceramics from Chulucanas, bichrome and particularly elegant, are very popular.

Climate

This province is located in the center of the department of Piura, being a land of contrast and climatic fusion. It is dotted with dry-equatorial style tropical forests in its flat parts where the carob tree predominates. In high parts between 1,500 and 2,000 m, it gives way to a soft high jungle and to the faults of various mountain valleys.

Its climate is tropical-dry in the lower parts. In winter temperatures range between 17 °C and 27 °C. The summers are more humid and receive strong temperatures that can exceed 38 C ° between the months of January, February and March. In the high valleys located between 1500-2000 m, the temperatures and the climate are more humid and tropical than high jungle style but maintain lower temperatures in summer.

Morropón is known for its extraordinary lemons, for many the juiciest in the world; the oldest lemon trees in South America brought by the Spanish are located there. The criollo mango from the dry tropics is also an export product.

Capital

The capital of the province is the city of Chulucanas, recognized as the capital of Peruvian ceramics. It is located 60 km east of the city of Piura. It is the capital of Chulucanas lemons, and Chulucanas mangoes.

Authorities

Regionals

• Regional adviser
  • 2019-2022: Víctor Manuel Chiroque Flores (Democratic Party We Are Peru)

Municipals

• 2019-2022
  • Mayor: Nelson Mio Reyes, of the Democratic Party We are Peru.
  • Regivers:
  1. Edberg César Valladolid Bereche (Democratic Party We Are Peru)
  2. Ana María Rubio De Otero (Democratic Party We Are Peru)
  3. Edwin Alberto Baca Chunga (Democratic Party We Are Peru)
  4. María Angélica Flores Arriola (Democratic Party We Are Peru)
  5. Samuel Castillo Chávez (Democratic Party We Are Peru)
  6. Gisela Jeanette Gutiérrez García (Democratic Party We Are Peru)
  7. Gilmer Mario Oliva Jiménez (Democratic Party We Are Peru)
  8. María del Socorro Rivas Gómez (Region for All)
  9. Jorge Luis Mezones Chávez (Region for All)
  10. Carmen Rosa Campos Mendoza (Independent Movement Regional Force)
  11. Waldir Wilfredo Bravo Arizola (Regional Movement Safety and Prosperity)

Police

• Commissioner: Commander PNP.

Festivities

• San Sebastián
• San Ramon
• All Saints