Levanto District

:"For the town in Italy, see Levanto (Italy).

Levanto is a district of the province of Chachapoyas. The district of LEVANTO finds located in the province of Chachapoyas Departamento of the Amazon his soils they present an eventful topography.

It was one of the principal centers in the province of Chachapoyas. In 1538 Alonso de Alvarado founded the city of border of Chachapoyas in Levanto, there concentrates an enormous quantity of archaeological and landscape attractions, relies on with nine archaeological places of major importance; inhabited centers pre-Incas with friezes in the shape of zigzag and rhomb, circular buildings Chachapoya-Inca, interesting hydraulic construction, etc.

According to the census carried out in the year 1,993 and his projection. The district of LEVANTO has a population of 1,170 inhabitants for the year 2,000 of, who 51 % is a men and the difference of 49 % are women; most of the population is located in the Urban area with 57 %; and in Rural area 43 %, being his valuation of population growth raised in the order of 2.6 %.

The population of the District finds in most cases 58 % between 0 and 24 years, 42 % is from 25 to 44 and more, what it demonstrates a demand for services especially for generation of employment.

External links

* [http://www.munilevanto.gob.pe/ Levanto district official website ]