The name of the district comes from the town of Olmos, meaning "elms", because the pale bark of the trees in the surrounding forest reminded the Spanish settlers of the elm trees back in Spain. At the time of the arrival of the Spaniards the area was occupied by the Quechuas and the extensive region of Olmos was administered by the Kingdom (curacazgo) of Copiz, which was under the Inca Empire. The pre-existing town was recognized in 1544 by the viceroy Blasco Núñez Vela.
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The major river in the district is the Olmos River.[2] Other important rivers are the Cascajal River, the Insculás River, the Ñaupe River, and the San Cristóbal River.[2] The Limón Dam is part of the Olmos irrigation project which is intended to irrigate dry region west of the Andes by damming the flood-prone Huancabamba River.[3]
^ ab. Municipalidad Distrital de Olmos. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008.
^Direccion General de Electridad, Ministerio de Energia y Minas, Republica del Peru. "Evaluacion del Potencial Hidroelectrico Nacional Volume XII, Cuencas Costa Norte" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
olmos, district, twelve, districts, province, lambayeque, peru, olmosdistrictcoordinates, 06417, 07306, 06417, 07306, coordinates, 06417, 07306, 06417, 07306country, peruregionlambayequeprovincelambayequecapitalolmosgovernment, mayorwilly, serrato, pusearea, t. Olmos District is one of twelve districts of the province Lambayeque in Peru 1 OlmosDistrictCoordinates 06 03 51 S 80 04 23 W 6 06417 S 80 07306 W 6 06417 80 07306 Coordinates 06 03 51 S 80 04 23 W 6 06417 S 80 07306 W 6 06417 80 07306Country PeruRegionLambayequeProvinceLambayequeCapitalOlmosGovernment MayorWilly Serrato PuseArea Total5 335 25 km2 2 059 95 sq mi Elevation175 m 574 ft Population 2017 Total46 484 Density8 7 km2 23 sq mi Time zoneUTC 5 PET UBIGEO140308History EditThe name of the district comes from the town of Olmos meaning elms because the pale bark of the trees in the surrounding forest reminded the Spanish settlers of the elm trees back in Spain At the time of the arrival of the Spaniards the area was occupied by the Quechuas and the extensive region of Olmos was administered by the Kingdom curacazgo of Copiz which was under the Inca Empire The pre existing town was recognized in 1544 by the viceroy Blasco Nunez Vela Hydrographics EditThe major river in the district is the Olmos River 2 Other important rivers are the Cascajal River the Insculas River the Naupe River and the San Cristobal River 2 The Limon Dam is part of the Olmos irrigation project which is intended to irrigate dry region west of the Andes by damming the flood prone Huancabamba River 3 Notes and references Edit in Spanish Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica Banco de Informacion Distrital Archived 2008 04 23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 11 2008 a b Distrito de Olmos Hidrografia Municipalidad Distrital de Olmos Archived from the original on 5 September 2008 Direccion General de Electridad Ministerio de Energia y Minas Republica del Peru Evaluacion del Potencial Hidroelectrico Nacional Volume XII Cuencas Costa Norte PDF Archived PDF from the original on 18 January 2013 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link This Lambayeque Region geography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Olmos District amp oldid 933446302, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
