Padre Abad province

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

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

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)