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Padre Abad Province

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Country
  
Peru

Website
  
padreabadaguaytia.com

Capital
  
Aguaytía

UBIGEO
  
2503

Area
  
8,822 km²

Region
  
Ucayali Region

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Padre Abad is the smallest of four provinces in the Ucayali Region, in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru.

Contents

Map of Padre Abad Province, Peru

Languages

According to the 2007 census, 89.4% of the population spoke Spanish as their first language, while 6.3% spoke Quechua, 0.1% spoke Asháninka, 0.1% spoke Aymara, 3.9% spoke other indigenous languages and 0.0% spoke foreign languages.

Political division

The province is divided into three districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:

  • Curimaná (Curimaná)
  • Irazola (San Alejandro)
  • Padre Abad (Aguaytía)
  • References

    Padre Abad Province Wikipedia