Padre Abad Province

Padre Abad
Province

Coat of arms

Location of Padre Abad in the Ucayali Region
Country Peru
Region Ucayali
Capital Aguaytía
Government
  Mayor Tony Tang Gonzales (2007)
Area
  Total 8,822.5 km2 (3,406.4 sq mi)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 44,310
  Density 5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
UBIGEO 2503
Website padreabadaguaytia.com

Padre Abad is the smallest of four provinces in the Ucayali Region, in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru.

Languages

According to the 2007 census, 89.4% of the population spoke Spanish as their first language, while 6.3% spoke Quechua, 0.1% spoke Asháninka, 0.1% spoke Aymara, 3.9% spoke other indigenous languages and 0.0% spoke foreign languages.

Political division

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

Coordinates: 9°02′18″S 75°30′06″W / 9.03821°S 75.50174°W