Ucayali region

Ucayali region
Symbols
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Basic data
Country	Peru
Capital	Pucallpa
surface	102,411 km²
Residents	496,459 (2017)
density	4.8 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	PE-UCA
Website	www.regionucayali.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Gobernador regional	Francisco Pezo Torres (2019-2022)
Provinces of the Ucayali region

Coordinates: 8 ° 18 ′  S , 74 ° 24 ′  W

The Ucayali region [ ukaˈʝali ] (Spanish Región Ucayali , Quechua Ukayali suyu ) is an east Peruvian region. 496,459 people (2017) live in an area of ​​102,411 km². The capital is Pucallpa . The name of the region is derived from the Ucayali River .

geography

The Ucayali region borders on Brazil to the east, Loreto to the north, Huánuco , Pasco , Junín to the west, and Cusco and Madre de Dios to the south .

It is mainly covered by tropical rainforest . The climate is mostly humid and hot. The average annual temperature is 25 ° C.

Provinces

The region is divided into four provinces and twelve districts.

province	Capital
Atalaya	Atalaya
Coronel Portillo	Pucallpa
Padre Abad	Aguaytía
Purus	Puerto Esperanza

Footnotes

1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI): Directorio Nacional de Centros Poblados - Censos Nacionales 2017 . Lima 2018, vol. 1, p. 11 ( online ).

Web links

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