Coronel Portillo Province

Coronel Portillo
Province
Coat of arms
Location of Coronel Portillo in the Ucayali Region 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  2007 census
• Total	333,890
• Density	9.2/km2 (24/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 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 parenthesis, 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