Ucayali Region

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Región Ucayali

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President	Edwin Vásquez López
Capital	Pucallpa
Area	102,410.55 km²
Population   - Total   - Density	464 399 (2004 estimate) 4.5/km²
Subdivisions	4 provinces and 14 districts
Elevation   - Lowest   - Highest	135 m (Nueva Requena) 350 m (Esperanza)
Main resources	Wood, fruit.
Poverty rate	70.5%
Percentage of country's GDP	0.85%
Dialing code	061
ISO 3166-2	PE-UCA
Official website: www.regionucayali.gob.pe

Ucayali is an inland region in Peru. Located in the Amazon rainforest, its name is derived from the Ucayali River. The regional capital is the city of Pucallpa.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Boundaries 2 Demographics 2.1 Population 2.2 Languages 2.3 Immigration 2.4 Age 2.5 Education 3 Political division 3.1 Provinces 4 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Boundaries

The Ucayali Region is bordered by the Brazilian state of Acre on the east; the region of Madre de Dios on the southeast; Cusco on the south; Junín, Pasco and Huánuco on the west; and Loreto on the north.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Population

According to the 1993 Census, the Ucayali Region has a population of 314,810 inhabitants, 52.4% of which (164,826) are male and 47.6% (149,984) are female.

As of 2002, the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática esimates the region's population to be 468,922.

[edit] Languages

Spanish is spoken at home by 86.5% of the population; while 2.3% speak Quechua and 0.5% speak Aymara. Other indigenous languages are spoken by 9.7% of the population and 0.2% speak foreign languages.

[edit] Immigration

Persons originating from other regions of the country make up 34.7% of the population and 0.2% of residents were born abroad.

The largest immigrant groups come from the Loreto Region (12.5% of the total population).

[edit] Age

The population is spread out with 53.9% under the age of 20, 9.3% from 20 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 8.8% from 45 to 64, and 2.5% who are 65 years of age or older.

[edit] Education

Secondary education has been attended by 29% of the population and 2.3% also have graduated from non-university higher education, while 1.7% have complete university studies. 49.3% only have attended primary education and 9.1% have not had any education.

The illiteracy rate in the region is 14.2%

[edit] Political division

The region is divided into 4 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular: provincia), which are composed of 14 districts (distritos, singular: distrito).

[edit] Provinces

The provinces, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:

• Atalaya (Atalaya)
• Coronel Portillo (Pucallpa)
• Padre Abad (Aguaytía)
• Purús (Esperanza)

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Gobierno Regional de Ucayali - Ucayali Regional Government website

Political division of Peru
Amazonas | Ancash | Apurímac | Arequipa | Ayacucho | Cajamarca | Callao | Cusco | Huancavelica | Huánuco | Ica | Junín | La Libertad | Lambayeque | Lima | Loreto | Madre de Dios | Moquegua | Pasco | Piura | Puno | San Martín | Tacna | Tumbes | Ucayali
The Lima Province is not part of any of the twenty-five regions.