Atalaya Province

Province in Ucayali, Peru

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.

## Languages

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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.

## Political division

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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)

## Places of interest

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* El Sira Communal Reserve
* Gran Pajonal

## External links

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

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*   * Districts of Ucayali Region
* Peru

Atalaya|

* Raimondi
* Sepahua
* Tahuanía
* Yurúa

Coronel Portillo|

* Callería
* Campoverde
* Iparía
* Manantay
* Masisea
* Nueva Requena
* Yarinacocha

Padre Abad|

* Curimaná
* Irazola
* Padre Abad

Purús|

* Purús

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