Coronel Portillo Province

CountryPeruRegionUcayaliCapitalPucallpaGovernment • MayorSegundo Leónidas Pérez Collazos
(2019-2022) Area • Total36,235.95 km² (13,990.78 sq mi)Population • Total384,168 • Density11/km² (27/sq mi)UBIGEO2501Websitewww.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 and 5.7% spoke other indigenous 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 parentheses, are:

• Callería (Pucallpa)
• Campoverde (Campoverde)
• Iparía (Iparia)
• Manantay (San Fernando)
• Masisea (Masisea)
• Yarinacocha (Puerto Callao)
• Nueva Requena (Nueva Requena)

Places of interest

• El Sira Communal Reserve
• Yarinaqucha

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