Caracterisation

and Potentials
of the Piura
region

PIURA

PIURA

Political location and organization

The Piura Region is located on
the Northwestern extreme of the
Peruvian territory, it has a
surface of 35,892.49 squared
kilometers, equivalent to 2.8% of
the national territory.
On the North, it shares borders
with Tumbes and Ecuador; on the
East with Ecuador and
Cajamarca; on the South with
Lambayeque and on the West
with the Pacific Ocean.
Politically speaking, the Piura
Region is made up of 8
provinces, 64 districts and
2,632 inhabited towns.
The 8 Provinces of the
Department of Piura are :
S h
Pi
P it T l

Population,
Development
and
Employment

It has a population of 1,565 inhabitants, which is

equivalent to 5.9% of the national total.
The rate of population growth is of 1.2 % as annual
average.
63% of the population lives in the city and 37% in
rural areas.
Currently, Piura has an average regional Human
Development Index (HDI) of 0.551.
Economically Active Population (EAP) in 1993 was
estimated at 1,076,679 people.
Productive activity is distributed in a 47% on primary
activity, a 33% on tertiary activity and a 21% on
secondary.
EAP (population between 15 and 65 years of age)
represents 28.8% of the total population; it is mainly
agricultural, with 37.0%, commercial activity
follows it with 14.8 % and services with 12.6%.
Men have a participation of 77.5 % in the EAP and
women hold 22.5 %.
(Fuente: Piura Informe Introductorio. BCRP 2003 y Plan de Desarrollo Regional Concertado, 2003)

Health
and
Education

The illiteracy rate is of

16.3% in people aged 15 or
older, distributed in the
following way: 8.8% in men
and 17.2% in women.
Piura has 3,742 schools,
representing 5.89% of the
national total; 900 of them
have kindergarten
education, 2,114
elementary education, 565
high school education, 62
higher non-university
education, 2 universities, 22
especial education centers
and 77 occupational
education centers.
Piura has 409 health
establishments, which are
equivalent to 5.6% of the
national total.

Climate and
Temperature

The maximum temperature is

34.2 C and the minimum is 15
C (February and June).
The average annual atmospheric
pressure is of 10085.5
millibases while south winds
have an average velocity of 3m/s.
Rainfall also show variety in the
cost, it generally decreases
within 100 and 500 meters above
sea level ranging in that area at
10 and 200 mm; between 500
and 1500 meters of altitude,
precipitations reach between
200 and 800 mm and in the area
located above 1500 meters
above sea level the average
rainfall is of 1550 mm.

Water

Poechos

The Regions water comes from the

hydrographic valleys of the rivers:
Ro Chira (Quiroz and Chipillico Rivers )
Ro Piura formed by rivers and streams
coming ffrom the higher valleys, among
tributary rivers we have: Bigote, Yapatera,
Sancor, Corral del Medio, La Gallega,
Charanal and Ro Seco.
Ro Huancabamba of permanent regime, it
irrigates the agricultural areas of the province
of Huancabamba.
We have 2 regulating vessels:
Poechos Reservoir with a design capacity
of 1,000 million m and which has currently
lost 43% of its capacity due to sedimentation,
it is located in the stream of the Chira river, it
is part of the watering system of the Chira,
Medio and Bajo Piura Valleys.
San Lorenzo Reservoir with a design
capacity of 258 million m, it is located in the
stream of the Quiroz and Chipillico Rivers, it
is part of the watering system of the San
Lorenzo Valley.

Land
The Piura Region has a
potential of 227,572 acres apt
for agriculture, which represents
approximately less than 10% of
the Regions total surface.
PIURA: N de Unidades agropecuarias y superficie de las mismas
Riego
Secano
Superficie
(Ha)
N de UA Superficie (Ha)
Usode la tierra
N de UA Superficie (Ha) N de UA
Total agropecuario/1
113,037
1,117,078
88,826
339,464
29,526
128,828
Total agrcola
99,314
244,360
88,826
176,969
29,526
67,390
De labranza
88,740
181,900
73,904
120,256
27,841
61,643
Con cultivos permanentes
27,252
42,116
25,539
38,852
2,665
3,464
Cultivos asociados
17,929
20,343
16,258
18,059
2,604
2,283
Total no agrcola
88,947
872,718
48,462
162,495
19,547
61,437
1/No incluye a las unidades abandonadas y sin informacin
Fuente: III Censo Nacional Agropecuario. 1994

Public
Services

Road
System

61.6% coefficient of electrification on a national average

of 75%.
60,786 KW of used energetic resources and 141,050
KW of available resources.
40,758 telephone lines in service and a tele-density of
2.5 of a national average of 6 per every 100 inhabitants.
Tele-density measures telephonic penetration.

The Regions road system

measures 4,398 Km, of which
19.5% is asphalted
Ports and Airports

Piura has 4 airdromes besides

its airport, located in the
city.
In Piura . we also have a
seaport in the city of Paita.

PAITA
HARBOUR

North eastern
Bioceanic Corridor :
Paita, Bayvar /

Yurimaguas,
Saramirisa

Since the eighties this corridor has

been promoted as the multi-modal
transport system (by land and by river)
which, would connect the Pacific
Ocean ports with the navigable
Amazon rivers and, through them, with
Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean.
The bay of Bayvar, south from Paita,
is one of the two deep-water natural
ports that exist in Per (the other one is
San Juan de Marcona) and is meant to
be transformed, in the future, in the
most important port in the North of
Per.
The most important natural resource in
the corridor are the phosphate and
brine deposits of Bayvar. Phosphate
is the most important fertilizer for acid
and washed Amazon floors, so the
potential market is immense in Per as
well as in Brasil and in the other
Amazonian countries.

MARITIME AXIS OF THE PACIFIC

Allows for the integration of Piura
with ports in Ecuador and Colombia
on the North, and in Chile on the
South.

ANDEAN AXIS
Allows for the integration of Piura
with
Ecuador,
Colombia
and
Venezuela on the North and on the
South with Chile.

PRODUCTIVE CAPACITIES
OF THE PIURA REGION

MINING SECTOR
Mineral
Petrleo
Fosfatos
Salmueras
Yeso
Calcreos
Diatomitas
Oro
Cobre
Zinc
Plata

Principales recursos mineros

Reservas
Localizacin
(Millones de TM)
Talara
195 1/
Bayvar (Sechura)
395
Bayvar (Sechura)
454
Bayvar (Sechura)
15
Bayvar (Sechura)
42
Bayvar (Sechura)
100
Tambogrande (Piura)
0.85 3/
Tambogrande (Piura)
716 1/
Tambogrande (Piura)
339 2/
Tambogrande (Piura)
10.3 3/

Piura is the first Mining

non-metallic region in
the country. The project
of the Mining-Industrial
Complex in Bayvar is
regarded as one of the
Regions
strengths.
Bayvar holds the third
phosphoric
rock
deposit worldwide

1/en millones de barriles

2/ en miles de TM
3/ en millones de onzas
Fuente: Piura Informe Introductorio. BCRP

Fuente: Piura Informe

Introductorio BCRP.

PETROLEUM
SECTOR
Piura 2002: Produccin de Petrleo y Gas
Hidrocarburos
Gas Natural
Meses
Lquidos (BLS) (MPC)
Enero
959,277
658,016
Febrero
852,745
405,611
Marzo
927,556
392,135
Abril
883,671
351,214
Mayo
924,584
522,628
Junio
901,472
647,208
Julio
928,395
689,561
Agosto
926,715
914,282
Septiembre
907,339
900,461
Octubre
922,444
658,215
Noviembre
911,129
287,088
Diciembre
923,973
321,478
TOTAL
10,969,300
6,747,897
Fuente: Perupetro

Mining of hydrocarbons
presents an outstanding
development based on
deposits
in
Talara,
placing Piura as the
main petroleum and
natural gas producer in
the country.
(Fuente: BCRP)

FISHING
SECTOR
Piura: 2002
Desenvolvimiento de la
actividad pesquera (TM)
986,371
DESEMBARQUE
16,884
Enlatado
140,321
Congelado
44
Curado
57,239
Fresco
771,883
Harina
257,926
PRODUCCIN
9,358
Enlatado
62,106
Congelado
22
Curado
172,699
Harina
13,741
Aceite
298,834
EXPORTACIN
7,358
Enlatado
82,794
Congelado
25
Curado
200,869
Harina
7,788
Aceite
Fuente: Piura Informe
Introductorio. BCRP

Piura: 2002 Desembarque

de los principales recursos
hidrobiolgicos (TM)
Anchoveta
772,434
Pota
119,400
Merluza
40,731
Anguila
7,164
Samasa
6,767
Atn
4,394
Bereche
4,325
Calamar
3,738
Lisa
3,223
Perico
3,080
Falso Volador
2,410
Jurel
1,983
Caballa
1,492
Barrilete
1,263
Pulpo
1,184
Cachema
1,131
Sardina
1,045
Fuente: Piura Informe
Introductorio. BCRP

The fishing activity is oriented

towards human consumption as
well as towards the elaboration of
fish meal, canned and frozen
food. The most important
debarkation ports are Paita and
Sechura. (Source: BCRP).
Fishing production is located in
the provinces of Paita, Sechura
and at a lower scale in Talara.
Figures, up to the year 2001
indicate that the Region
contributed with 38% of the
fresh fish national debarkation,
80% of the resources for
freezing , 13% for fish meal
and 33% for canned goods.
(Fuente: Piura Informe Introductorio. BCRP

Agricultural
Sector
Produccin de los principales cultivos
AGRCOLA
Arroz
Pltano
Limn
Mango
Maz Amarillo
Maz Amilceo
Algodn
Papa
Trigo
Yuca
Caf
Frijol G/S
Papaya
Cebada grano
Esprrago

2003 (TM)
368,598
171,001
155,067
125,284
57,496
14,419
14,168
9,158
7,085
4,856
3,377
2,139
608
559
480

Fuente: Direccin del Ministerio de Agricultura

Important crops are cotton,

rice, lemon, mango and
bananas. (Source: BCRP).
From1995 up until the year
2001 a recuperation of the
installed areas of rice, cotton,
corn, mango, lemon and
banana was observed. (Source:
www.portalagrario.gob.pe).
Agro industrial activities are
directed towards the processing
of lemon, mango and
asparagus, being located in the
coastal areas. The presence of
companies dedicated to the
obtaining of cotton seed oil and
yarns should be highlighted.

OUR HOMELANDS FRUITS

ASPARAGUS

MANGOES

GRAPES

BANANAS

CITRICS

AVOCADOS

PIMIENTOS

COTTON

PIURA HAS AN OUTSTANDING

AGRICULTURAL POTENTIAL

LIVESTOCK
SECTOR
Produccin en toneladas
PECUARIO
AVES
Carne
Huevos
VACUNO
Carne
Leche
OVINO
Carne
PORCINO
Carne
CAPRINO
Carne

2003 (TM)
24,492
5,034
13,347
37,878
1,299
7,243
4,162

Fuente: Direccin del Ministerio de Agricultura

The most representative raisings in

the department of Piura are:
BOVINES: The number of milk cows
has increased up to the year 2000,
there was a significant reduction in
the year 2001(31.80%); which is
reflected in a low milk production
(8%).
OVINES: Meat production had
seriously deteriorated up to the year
1999 and it started to recover in the
year 2000, with emphasis in the year
2001.
CAPRINES: Meat production has
been decreasing up to the year 2001.
PORCINES: The production of meat
had decreased up to the year 2000, a
significant recovery could be
observed in production towards the
year 2001.

INDUSTRIAL
SECTOR

The regions industrial production was

shortened in a 10,9%, in comparison with March
of 2002. This evolution can be explained by the
lower activity levels registered by the areas of:
fishing -(27,7%), oleaginous (-14,6%) and soft
drinks (-2,3%). The manufacturing of cotton
threads maintained the same favorable behavior
of the previous months, with a positive rate of
34,4 5.

EXPORTS TO ISRAEL
From the port of Paita, 1407,832.6 TM of different
products such as coffee, sugar, fish canned goods
and textiles have been exported to Israel
This is equivalent to 1461,222.66 dollars.
Most of this shipments were concentrated in the
months of March, June and August of 2004.

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