Puerto Inca province

Puerto Inca is the largest of eleven provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru.^[1] The capital of this province is the city of Puerto Inca.

Puerto Inca
Province
Pachitea River near Nueva Honoria, Honoria District
Location of Puerto Inca in the Huánuco Region
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Capital	Puerto Inca
Government
• Mayor	Melanio Leonidas Nuñez Vera
Area
• Total	9,913.94 km2 (3,827.79 sq mi)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	31,748
• Density	3.2/km2 (8.3/sq mi)
UBIGEO	1009

Boundaries

• North: Ucayali Region
• East: Ucayali Region
• South: Pasco Region
• West: Leoncio Prado Province

Languages

According to the 2007 census, Spanish was spoken by 89.5% of the population as their first language, while 5.5% spoke Quechua, 1.9% spoke Asháninka, 0.3% spoke Aymara, 2.6% spoke other indigenous languages and 0.0% spoke foreign languages.

In the early 20th century, a number of Japanese migrated to the area and established the Kudo and Taba settlements for rice and coffee cultivation.^[2]

Political division

The province is divided into five districts:

• Codo del Pozuzo (Codo del Pozuzo)
• Honoria (Honoria)
• Puerto Inca
• Tournavista (Tournavista)
• Yuyapichis (Yuyapichis)

Places of interest

• El Sira Communal Reserve
• Mayantuyacu natural retreat
• Santuario Huishtin – traditional Amazonian Healing Centre and Nature Reserve

Notes

• A species of oribatid mite, Rhynchoppia puertoincaensis was discovered in Puerto Inca province and named after the area in 2017^[3]