Purús Province

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Purus
Province
Location of Purus in the Ucayali Region
Country	Peru
Region	Ucayali
Founded	July 2, 1943
Capital	Esperanza
Government
• Mayor	Emilio Montes Bardales (2007-10)
Area
• Total	17,847.76 km² (6,891.06 sq mi)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	3,485
• Density	0.20/km² (0.51/sq mi)
UBIGEO	2504
Website	www.munipurus.gob.pe

Purús Province is one of four provinces in the Ucayali Region, in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru. The Purus River runs through it.

The province is conformed by a single district (Spanish: distrito), Purús District, whose capital is Esperanza. The district is headed by a mayor (alcalde).

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.

v t e Districts of Ucayali Region Peru

Atalaya	Raimondi Sepahua Tahuanía Yurúa

Coronel Portillo	Callería Campoverde Iparía Manantay Masisea Nueva Requena Yarinacocha

Padre Abad	Curimaná Irazola Padre Abad

Purús	Purús

Coordinates: 9°47′55″S 70°45′12″W / 9.79861°S 70.75333°W / -9.79861; -70.75333

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