Loreto Province

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Province in Loreto, Peru

Loreto

Province

Nauta

Location of Loreto in the Loreto Region

Country| Peru
Region| Loreto
Capital| Nauta
Area

• Total

| 67,434.12 km2 (26,036.46 sq mi)
Elevation

| 111 m (364 ft)
Population

• Total

| 63,515
• Density| 0.94/km2 (2.4/sq mi)
UBIGEO| 1603

The Loreto Province is one of the eight provinces in the Loreto Region of Peru. The capital of the province is the historic town of Nauta. This biologically and culturally diverse region includes the Pacaya–Samiria National Reservation, and is also home to many indigenous peoples, (such as the Cocama, Omagua, Iquito people and Urarina), as well as peasants (ribereños) who live off the land and aquatically rich rivers.

## Political division

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The province is divided into five districts.

* Nauta (Nauta)
* Parinari (Parinari)
* Tigre (Intutu)
* Trompeteros (Villa Trompeteros)
* Urarinas (Concordia)

## Places of interest

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* Pucacuro Reserved Zone

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* Peru

* Alto Amazonas
* Datem del Marañón
* Loreto
* Mariscal Ramón Castilla
* Maynas
* Putumayo
* Requena
* Ucayali

4°34′12″S 73°46′48″W﻿ / ﻿4.57000°S 73.78000°W﻿ / -4.57000; -73.78000

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