Coronel Portillo Province
| Coronel Portillo | ||
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| Province | ||
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 Location of Coronel Portillo in the Ucayali Region | ||
| Country | Peru | |
| Region | Ucayali | |
| Capital | Pucallpa | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Luis Valdez Villacorta (2007) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 36,235.95 km2 (13,990.78 sq mi) | |
| Population (2005 census) | ||
| • Total | 316,546 | |
| • Density | 8.7/km2 (23/sq mi) | |
| UBIGEO | 2501 | |
| Website | www.mpcp.gob.pe | |
Coronel Portillo is the second largest of four provinces in the Ucayali Region in Peru. Its capital is Pucallpa.
Languages
According to the 2007 census, 92.8% of the population spoke Spanish as their first language, while 0.8% spoke Quechua, 0.5% spoke Asháninka, 0.1% spoke Aymara, 5.7% spoke other indigenous languages and 0.0% spoke foreign languages.
Political division
The province is divided into seven districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:
- Callería (Pucallpa)
- Campoverde (Campoverde)
- Iparía (Iparia)
- Manantay (San Fernando)
- Masisea (Masisea)
- Yarinacocha (Puerto Callao)
- Nueva Requena (Nueva Requena)
Places of interest
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