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 divisionedit
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:
atalaya, province, atalaya, largest, four, provinces, ucayali, region, central, amazon, rainforest, peru, atalayaprovincecoat, armslocation, atalaya, ucayali, regioncountryperuregionucayalifoundedjune, 1982capitalatalayagovernment, mayorfrancisco, asis, mendoz. Atalaya is the largest of four provinces in the Ucayali Region in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru AtalayaProvinceCoat of armsLocation of Atalaya in the Ucayali RegionCountryPeruRegionUcayaliFoundedJune 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 Contents 1 Languages 2 Political division 3 Places of interest 4 External linksLanguages editAccording to the 2007 census Spanish was spoken as a first language by 49 1 of the population while 37 0 spoke Ashaninka 1 7 spoke Quechua 0 2 spoke Aymara 11 9 spoke other indigenous languages and 0 1 spoke foreign languages Political division editThe 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 Raymondi Atalaya Sepahua Sepahua Tahuania Bolognesi Yurua Breu Places of interest editEl Sira Communal Reserve Gran PajonalExternal links edit in Spanish Municipalidad Provincial de Atalaya Atalaya Province council official website nbsp This Ucayali Region geography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Atalaya Province amp oldid 1177037978, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
