María District

María
District
The landscape and highway in the surroundings of María
Country	Peru
Region	Amazonas
Province	Luya
Founded	January 27, 1962
Capital
Government
• Mayor	Manuel Ynocente Bardales Ynga
Area
• Total	80.27 km2 (30.99 sq mi)
Elevation	3,225 m (10,581 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	945
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	010511

María is a district of the province of Luya in Peru. Maria is located in the high mountain. Maria offers several attractive places for tourists as beautiful lagoons and several ruins of the culture Chachapoya. Also there is a big production of Craft. To come to Maria's District a car takes in the city of Chachapoyas. In this construction the highway from Maria towards the District of Cocabamba.

The management holidays of cardinal Maria it is celebrated on July 16. As typical meals are known by the Purtumote, the Nickname, the Locro, Tauri Hucho and Cuy with dads between others. Maria's District belongs to the parroquía of Magdalena's District (Chachapoyas).

In the north the District of Cocabamba has border with the District of Tingo and the District of Longuita, in the East with the District of Saint John of Lopecancha, in the south-west with the District of Cocabamba, in the southeast with the Saint's District Tomás (Luya), in the west with the District of Pisuquía.

The town of Quizango

Coordinates: 6°27′06″S 77°58′24″W / 6.45167°S 77.97333°W / -6.45167; -77.97333

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