Atalaya Province

Province in Ucayali, Peru

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Location of Atalaya in the Ucayali Region

CountryPeruRegionUcayaliFoundedJune 1, 1982CapitalAtalayaGovernment

• MayorFrancisco De Asis Mendoza De Souza (2007)Area

• Total38,924.43 km² (15,028.81 sq mi)Population

2007 census

• Total43,933 • Density1.1/km² (2.9/sq mi)UBIGEO2502Websitewww.muniatalaya.gob.pe

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

Languages

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

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: