Tierra Blanca, Ucayali

Place in Loreto, Peru

Tierra Blanca

Tierra Blanca

Location in Peru

Coordinates: 6°33′20″S 75°10′38″W﻿ / ﻿6.555469°S 75.177262°W﻿ / -6.555469; -75.177262
Country| Peru
Region| Loreto
Province| Ucayali
Elevation

[1]

| 128 m (420 ft)
Population

(2007)

| 1,503
Time zone| UTC-5 (PET)
Climate| Af
Tierra Blanca, Sarayacu, Ucayali

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.

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

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* Mennonites in Peru

## References

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1. ^ Directorio Nacional de Centros Poblados, Censos Nacionales 2017:vXII de Población, VII de Vivienda y III de Comunidades Indígenas, volume 4, page 1414.
2. ^ Directorio Nacional de Municipalidades Provinciales, Distritales y de Centros Poblados 2014.
3. ^ Directorio Nacional de Centros Poblados, Censos Nacionales 2017:vXII de Población, VII de Vivienda y III de Comunidades Indígenas, volume 4, page 1414.
4. ^ Enquête exclusive - Mennonites : immersion dans la communauté la plus mystérieuse de la planète HD at YouTube.