Maynas Province

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Maynas

Location of Maynas in the Loreto region
Country Flag of Peru Peru
Region Loreto
Capital Iquitos
Area
Area
Elevation (capital)		 119,859.4 km2
106 metres (348 ft)
Population (as of the 2005 Census)
Population
 - Total
 - Density
536,423 (2005 estimate)
4.3/km² 
Mayor Salomon Abensur Diaz
Subdivisions 13 districts
UBIGEO 1601
Official website
www.munimaynas.gob.pe

Maynas is a province in the Loreto Region in northeastern Peru. Its capital, Iquitos, is also Loreto's regional capital and the largest city in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.

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[edit] Boundaries

The Maynas Province is bordered by Ecuador on the northwest, Colombia on the north, northeast and east, the Mariscal Ramón Castilla and Requena provinces on the south, and the Loreto Province on the southwest.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Population

According to the 1993 Census, the Maynas Province has a population of 393,496 inhabitants, 50.6% of which (199,209) are male and 49.4% (194,287) are female.

As of 2005, the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática esimates the province's population to be 536,423.

[edit] Languages

The majority of the province's residents (96%) speak Spanish at home; other languages spoken are Quechua (2%), Aymara (150 speakers, 0.0%), other indigenous languages (0.8%) and foreign languages (0.2%).

[edit] Immigration

Persons originating from other regions of the country make up 8.4% of the population and 0.3% of residents were born abroad.

The largest immigrant groups are from the San Martín Region (2.9% of the total population), the Lima Province/Lima Region (1.8%), and Ucayali Region (1.3%).

[edit] Age

The population is spread out with 54.1% under the age of 20, 8.9% from 20 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 9.5% from 45 to 64, and 3% who are 65 years of age or older.

[edit] Education

Secondary education has been attended by 28.8% of the population and 2.5% also have graduated from non-university higher education, while 2.6% have complete university studies. 46.7% only have attended primary education and 8.5% have not had any education.

The illiteracy rate in the province is 13.1%.

[edit] Political division

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

[edit] Districts

[edit] External links

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