Las Piedras District
District in Madre de Dios, Peru
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Las Piedras District is one of four districts of the province Tambopata in Peru.[1]
Las Piedras | |
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Location of Las Piedras in the Tambopata province | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Madre de Dios |
| Province | Tambopata |
| Founded | December 26, 1912 |
| Capital | Las Piedras |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Angel Ayala Apaza |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,032.21 km2 (2,715.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 6,072 |
| • Density | 0.8635/km2 (2.236/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 170103 |
Bordered by the Rio Mavila on the northern boundary and the Rio Las Piedras to the south, the district comprises typical uninhabited lowland neotropical rainforest;[2] largely moist broadleaf evergreen or semi-evergreen with overstorey canopy and emergent crowns; medium layer canopy; lower canopy; and shrub level and understory.[3]
The forest-structure is influenced by the flood regimes of the Las Piedras River, a highly meandering, white-water affluent of the Madre de Dios River.[4]
