Department of San Martín
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San Martín
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Coordinates: 7°12′S 76°48′W / 7.2°S 76.8°W | |
Country | Peru |
Subdivisions | 10 provinces and 78 districts |
Largest city | Tarapoto |
Capital | Moyobamba |
Government | |
• Body | Regional Council of San Martín |
• Governor | Pedro Bogarín Vargas |
Area | |
• Total | 51,253.31 km2 (19,789.01 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 3,080 m (10,100 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 813,381 |
• Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
UBIGEO | 22 |
Dialing code | 042 |
ISO 3166 code | PE-SAM |
Principal resources | Coffee, rice, yucca, cocoa, tobacco, cebu cattle. |
Poverty rate | 62.4% |
Percentage of Peru's GDP | 1.85% |
Website | www.regionsanmartin.gob.pe |
San Martín (Spanish pronunciation:
Geography
Boundaries
- North and East: Loreto Region
- South: Huánuco Region
- West: La Libertad and Amazonasregions
Morphology
The territory of San Martín can be divided into four morphological zones:
- the west, near the eastern side of the AndeanPlateau, with a rough topography and many ravines;
- the zone of the wide valleys, with stepped terraces formed by the Huallaga River and its affluents, where population is engaged mainly in cattle and agriculture;
- the southwest zone, with a relief coming down from the Cordillera Azul, with low elevation, where is an impressive canyon known as Cajón de Sión, which finishes in the Cayumba rapids;
- a small lower-lying jungle zone with areas easily flooded and with almost no hills.
The Huallaga River is one of the most important rivers in the region. It forms, together with its tributaries a hydrographical system which drains all of the region's territory. The Pongo de Aguirre is an important canyon formed by the Huallaga going through the Andean hills.
History
On August 19, 1821, Moyobamba was the first Peruvian city in declaring its independence.
The construction of a highway in recent years has increased the exchange of different products, benefitting the economy of this region.
Political division
The region is divided into 10 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular: provincia), which are composed of 78 districts (distritos, singular: distrito).
The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are:
- Bellavista (Bellavista)
- El Dorado (San José de Sisa)
- Huallaga (Saposoa)
- Lamas (Lamas)
- Mariscal Cáceres (Juanjuí)
- Moyobamba (Moyobamba)
- Picota (Picota)
- Rioja (Rioja)
- San Martín (Tarapoto)
- Tocache (Tocache)
Archaeology
See also
- Rio Abiseo National Park
- Regional Museum of the National University of San Martin (Museo Regional de la Universidad Nacional de San Martín)
External links
- (in Spanish) Gobierno Regional San Martín – San Martín Regional Government official website
- (in Spanish) Proyecto Mono Tocon – Conservation and study programme for the threatened and endemic titi monkey of San Martin (Callicebus oenanthe). El Tití de San Martín (Callicebus oenanthe), localmente conocido como Mono Tocón, es una de las especies de primates más amenazadas del Perú, recientemente considerada por la UICN como en peligro de extinción.