Country Peru Area 17,848 km² Capital Esperanza, Ucayali UBIGEO 2504 | Website www.munipurus.gob.pe Founded 2 July 1943 Region Ucayali Region | |
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Purús Province is one of four provinces in the Ucayali Region, in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru. The Purus River runs through it.
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Map of Pur%C3%BAs Province, Peru
The province is conformed by a single district (Spanish: distrito), Purús District, whose capital is Esperanza. The district is headed by an (alcalde (mayor).
Languages
According to the 2007 census, Spanish was spoken by 30.2% of the population as their first language, while 2.3% spoke Asháninka, 0.6% spoke Quechua, 0.2% spoke Aymara, 66.2% spoke other indigenous languages and 0.4% spoke foreign languages.
References
Purús Province Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA