San Martin Department

department of Peru
AdministrativeArea department_of_peru Q211793
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Summary

San Martin Department is a department of Peru[1]. It draws 1,471 Wikipedia views per month (department of peru category, ranking #17 of 24).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Peru[3]
  • Country: Peru[4]
  • Capital: Moyobamba[5]
  • Shares border with: Loreto Department[6], Huanuco Department[7], La Libertad Department[8], Amazonas Department[9]
  • Named after: José de San Martín[10]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bellavista Province[11], El Dorado Province[12], Huallaga Province[13], Lamas Province[14], Mariscal Cáceres Province[15], Moyobamba Province[16], Picota Province[17], Rioja Province[18], San Martín Province[19], Tocache Province[20]
  • Commons category: San Martín Department (Peru)[21]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−05:00[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Department of San Martín[23]
  • Population: 813,381[24], 728,808[25], 669,973[26], 552,387[27], 319,751[28], 958,305[29], 967,923[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in the department of San Martin, Peru[31]
  • Category for people who died here: Q130482425[32]
  • Demonym: sanmartiniense[33]
  • Different from: San Martín[34]
  • Area: 51288.07 km²[35]
  • Language used: Aguaruna[36], Chayahuita[37], Cholón[38], Lamas Quechua[39], Huamalíes-Dos de Mayo Huánuco Quechua[40]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[41]

Why It Matters

San Martin Department has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . peru.travel. peru.travel. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2017 Peru Census. Retrieved . censos2017.inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2007 Peru Census. Retrieved . censos.inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2005 Peru Census. Retrieved . censos.inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 1993 Peru Census. Retrieved . censos.inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 1981 census of Peru. Retrieved . censos.inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . minsa.gob.pe. Retrieved . minsa.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 2025 Peru Census. Retrieved . censos2025.inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . inei.gob.pe. Retrieved . inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · ThomasPusch · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'ay', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en',
    Sitelink count → 57
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Head of government: Pedro Bogarín"
  2. 5w ago · Ceaseless Watcher · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ubigeo code → 21
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Ubigeo code: 21"
  3. 14w ago · Ovruni · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC−05:00
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Bellavista Province, El Dorado Province, Huallaga Province +7
    Named after → José de San Martín
    Instance of → —
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41532|batch #41532]]"
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