Coronel Portillo Province

Coronel Portillo
Province
Coat of arms
Location of Coronel Portillo in the Ucayali Region
Country	Peru
Region	Ucayali
Capital	Pucallpa
Government
• Mayor	Segundo Leónidas Pérez Collazos (2019-2022)
Area
• Total	36,235.95 km2 (13,990.78 sq mi)
Population
• Total	384,168
• Density	11/km2 (27/sq mi)
UBIGEO	2501
Website	www.mpcp.gob.pe

Coronel Portillo is the second largest of four provinces in the Ucayali Region in Peru. Its capital is Pucallpa.

Languages

According to the 2007 census, 92.8% of the population spoke Spanish as their first language, while 0.8% spoke Quechua, 0.5% spoke Asháninka, 0.1% spoke Aymara and 5.7% spoke other indigenous languages.

Political division

The province is divided into seven districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parentheses, are:

• Callería (Pucallpa)
• Campoverde (Campoverde)
• Iparía (Iparia)
• Manantay (San Fernando)
• Masisea (Masisea)
• Yarinacocha (Puerto Callao)
• Nueva Requena (Nueva Requena)

Places of interest

• El Sira Communal Reserve
• Yarinaqucha