Coronel Portillo Province
Coronel Portillo | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Ucayali |
Capital | Pucallpa |
Government | |
• Mayor | Segundo Leónidas Pérez Collazos (2019-2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 36,235.95 km2 (13,990.78 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 384,168 |
• Density | 11/km2 (27/sq mi) |
UBIGEO | 2501 |
Website | www.mpcp.gob.pe |
Coronel Portillo is the second largest of four provinces in the Ucayali Region in Peru. Its capital is Pucallpa.
Languages[]
According to the 2007 census, 92.8% of the population spoke Spanish as their first language, while 0.8% spoke Quechua, 0.5% spoke Asháninka, 0.1% spoke Aymara and 5.7% spoke other indigenous languages.
Political division[]
The province is divided into seven districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:
- Callería (Pucallpa)
- Campoverde ()
- Iparía ()
- Manantay ()
- Masisea ()
- Yarinacocha ()
- Nueva Requena ()
Places of interest[]
- El Sira Communal Reserve
- Yarinaqucha
Coordinates: 8°23′00″S 74°33′00″W / 8.3833°S 74.5500°W
Categories:
- Districts of the Ucayali Region
- Provinces of the Ucayali Region
- Peru geography stubs