Purús province
Province in Ucayali, Peru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Purús is one of four provinces in the Ucayali Region, in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru. The Purus River runs through it.
Purus | |
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 Location of Purus in the Ucayali Region | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Ucayali |
| Founded | July 2, 1943 |
| Capital | Esperanza |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Emilio Montes Bardales (2007-10) |
| Area | |
• Total | 17,847.76 km2 (6,891.06 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,746 |
| • Density | 0.21/km2 (0.54/sq mi) |
| UBIGEO | 2504 |
| Website | www |
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.
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