Atalaya Province

Atalaya
Province
Coat of arms
Location of Atalaya in the Ucayali Region
Country	Peru
Region	Ucayali
Founded	June 1, 1982
Capital	Atalaya
Government
• Mayor	Francisco De Asis Mendoza De Souza (2007)
Area
• Total	38,924.43 km2 (15,028.81 sq mi)
Population  2007 census
• Total	43,933
• Density	1.1/km2 (2.9/sq mi)
UBIGEO	2502
Website	muniatalaya.gob.pe

Atalaya is the largest of four provinces in the Ucayali Region, in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru.

According to the 2007 census, Spanish was spoken as a first language by 49.1% of the population, while 37.0% spoke Asháninka, 1.7% spoke Quechua, 0.2% spoke Aymara, 11.9% spoke other indigenous languages and 0.1% spoke foreign languages.

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

• Raymondi (Atalaya)
• Sepahua (Sepahua)
• Tahuania (Bolognesi)
• Yurua (Breu)

• El Sira Communal Reserve
• Gran Pajonal

• (in Spanish) Municipalidad Provincial de Atalaya - Atalaya Province council official website

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