Miguel Checa District

Miguel Checa
District
Miguel Checa Location in Peru
Coordinates: 04°54′08″S 80°48′55″W / 4.90222°S 80.81528°WCoordinates: 04°54′08″S 80°48′55″W / 4.90222°S 80.81528°W
Country	Peru
Region	Piura
Province	Sullana
Founded	November 10, 1950
Capital	Sojo
Government
• Mayor	Pedro Miguel Zapata Socola
Area
• Total	450.3 km^2 (173.9 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	7,209
• Density	16/km^2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO	200606

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

1. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 17, 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 6 April 2015.
3. "Casa Hacienda Sojo" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo (MINCETUR). 20 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 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 6 April 2015.