Padre Abad province

Padre Abad
Province
Coat of arms
Location of Padre Abad in the Ucayali Region
Coordinates: 8°50′S 75°24′W
Country	Peru
Region	Ucayali
Capital	Aguaytía
Government
• Mayor	Tony Tang Gonzales (2007)
Area
• Total	8,822.5 km2 (3,406.4 sq mi)
Population  2007 census
• Total	50,590
• Density	5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)
UBIGEO	2503
Website	padreabadaguaytia.com

Padre Abad is the smallest of four provinces in the Ucayali Region, in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru.

Languages

According to the 2007 census, 89.4% of the population spoke Spanish as their first language, while 6.3% spoke Quechua, 0.1% spoke Asháninka, 0.1% spoke Aymara, 3.9% spoke other indigenous languages and 0.0% spoke foreign languages.

Political division

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

• Curimaná (Curimaná)
• Irazola (San Alejandro)
• Padre Abad (Aguaytía)