Rodríguez de Mendoza is a province of the Amazonas Region, Peru. It is located in the southeast part of the department of Amazonas. It borders on the west with the province of Chachapoyas and on the north, east and south with the department of San Martin. It was created by law 7626 on October 31, 1932, and its capital is Mendoza.
The province has an enormous importance because of the fertility of its soils, its benign climate and the big rivers that pass through its territory. Between these rivers we have San Antonio, Aiña, Pachca, Omia and Shocol or Milpuc. In its extensive tropical forests, there are spectacled bears and one variety of hummingbird (Loddigesia mirabilis).
Political division
Rodríguez de Mendoza is divided into twelve districts, which are:
District Mayor Chirimoto Teófilo Izquierdo León Cochamal José Fausto López Tuesta Huambo Nehemías López Aguilar Limabamba Alinson Riva Novoa Longar Amando López Muñoz Mariscal Benavides Nilser Tafur Peláez Milpuc Obed Portocarrero Portocarrero Omia Javier Del Águila Tafur San Nicolás Helder Rodríguez Zelada Santa Rosa José Nérido Arbildo Aguilar Totora Julio César Fernández Portocarrero Vista Alegre Milder Rojas Campos
External links Rodríguez de Mendoza official provincial website