Lancones District

Lancones
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Country Peru
RegionPiura
ProvinceSullana
FoundedDecember 3, 1917
CapitalLancones
Area
 • Total2,189.35 km2 (845.31 sq mi)
Elevation
120 m (390 ft)
Population
 • Total13,302
 • Density6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO200604

Lancones District is one of eight districts of the province Sullana in Peru.[1]

In 2016, the Lancones District recorded a temperature of 39.8 °C (103.6 °F), which is the joint highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Peru along with Chulucanas.[2]

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 17, 2008.
  2. ^ PERU21, NOTICIAS (2019-01-26). "Récords de calor en el norte | OPINION". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)