Tierra Blanca is a municipality in the Sarayacu District of Peru. It is located in the Ucayali Province of the Loreto Region. Its postcode (ZIP) is 16440.
Tierra Blanca | |
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  Tierra Blanca Location in Peru | |
| Coordinates: 6°33′20″S 75°10′38″W / 6.555469°S 75.177262°W | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Loreto |
| Province | Ucayali |
| Elevation | 128 m (420 ft) |
| Population (2007) | 1,503 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| Climate | Af |
Its mayor in 2014 was Jorge Díaz Ruíz.[2] Its population in 2017 was 1,602 people, 830 men and 772 women, living in 356 houses or flats (viviendas).[3]
In 2017/18 a group of very conservative Plautdietsch-speaking Mennonites from Belize with 45 families, all together about 300 people, started a new colony near Tierra Blanca. These Mennonites are very conservative ethnic Mennonites with a Dutch-German background who belong to the Old Colony Mennonites of the so-called Russian Mennonites.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Directorio Nacional de Centros Poblados, Censos Nacionales 2017:vXII de Población, VII de Vivienda y III de Comunidades Indígenas, volume 4, page 1414.
- ^ Directorio Nacional de Municipalidades Provinciales, Distritales y de Centros Poblados 2014.
- ^ Directorio Nacional de Centros Poblados, Censos Nacionales 2017:vXII de Población, VII de Vivienda y III de Comunidades Indígenas, volume 4, page 1414.
- ^ Enquête exclusive - Mennonites : immersion dans la communauté la plus mystérieuse de la planète HD at YouTube.