Bolívar District is one of six districts in Bolívar Province in Peru. Its capital is the village of Bolívar.
The district, and its capital city, were renamed from Cajamarquilla to Bolívar in 1940.1940 legislative act, congreso.pob.pe (title of 1940 act says, in partial translation, "The name of the capital of the province of Bolívar, currently Cajamarquilla, shall be replaced with "Bolívar,"," as was the district name. The province name was changed in to Bolívar in 1925) The district was part of Pataz province until 1916, when it was moved into the new province of Caxamarquilla (Cajamarquilla), which province was renamed Bolívar in 1925 (15 years before the district and city were renamed).
The district had a population of 4,455 in the 2017 Peruvian census.Directorio Nacional de Centros Poblados (2017) (access spreadsheet for Departamento de La Libertad, Bolivar district numbers begin at line 418)
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