Purús Province

Purús Province is one of four provinces in the Ucayali Region, in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru. The Purus River runs through it.

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Location of Purus in the Ucayali Region
Location of Purus in the Ucayali Region
CountryPeru
RegionUcayali
FoundedJuly 2, 1943
CapitalEsperanza
Government
  MayorEmilio Montes Bardales
(2007-10)
Area
  Total17,847.76 km2 (6,891.06 sq mi)
Population
2007 census
  Total3,746
  Density0.21/km2 (0.54/sq mi)
UBIGEO2504
Websitewww.munipurus.gob.pe

The province is conformed by a single district (Spanish: distrito), Purús District, whose capital is Esperanza. The district is headed by an (alcalde (mayor).

Languages

According to the 2007 census, Spanish was spoken by 30.2% of the population as their first language, while 2.3% spoke Asháninka, 0.6% spoke Quechua, 0.2% spoke Aymara, 66.2% spoke other indigenous languages and 0.4% spoke foreign languages.

9°47′55″S 70°45′12″W


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