Ucayali Region

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Ucayali Region


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President	Edwin Vásquez López
Capital	Pucallpa
Largest city	Pucallpa
Area	101,830.64 km²
Population (as of the 2005 Census)
Population - Total - Density	402,445 4/km²
Subdivisions	4 provinces and 14 districts
Elevation - Capital - Lowest - Highest	120 metres (394 ft) 135 m (Nueva Requena) 350 m (Esperanza)
Main resources	Wood, fruit.
Poverty rate	70.5%
Percentage of country's GDP	0.85%
Codes
Dialing code	061
ISO 3166-2	PE-UCA
UBIGEO	25
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.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Boundaries
2 Demographics
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:

[edit] External links

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

v • d • e Regions of Peru \| 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.