Atalaya Province
Province in Ucayali, Peru
Coat of arms
Location of Atalaya in the Ucayali Region
2007 census
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:
Places of interest
External links
- (in Spanish) Municipalidad Provincial de Atalaya - Atalaya Province council official website
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