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Coronel Portillo Province

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Country
  
Peru

Website
  
www.mpcp.gob.pe

Capital
  
Pucallpa

UBIGEO
  
2501

Area
  
36,236 km²

Region
  
Ucayali Region

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Coronel Portillo is the second largest of four provinces in the Ucayali Region in Peru. Its capital is Pucallpa.

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Map of Coronel Portillo, Peru

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 (Campoverde)
  • Iparía (Iparia)
  • Manantay (San Fernando)
  • Masisea (Masisea)
  • Yarinacocha (Puerto Callao)
  • Nueva Requena (Nueva Requena)

    • Places of interest

  • El Sira Communal Reserve
  • Yarinaqucha

    • References

    Coronel Portillo Province Wikipedia
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