Maynas Province, Peru


Maynas is one of the eight provinces in the Loreto Region in northeastern Peru. Its capital, Iquitos, is also Loreto's regional capital and the largest city in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest.

History

Geography

Boundaries

The Maynas Province is bordered by Ecuador on the northwest, Colombia on the north, northeast and east, the Mariscal Ramón Castilla and Requena provinces on the south, and the Loreto Province on the southwest.

Demographics

Population

According to the 1993 Census, the Maynas Province has a population of 393,496 inhabitants, 50.6% of which are male and 49.4% are female.
As of 2005, the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática estimates the province's population to be 536,423.

Languages

The majority of the province's residents speak Spanish at home; other languages spoken are Quechua, Aymara, other indigenous languages and foreign languages.

Immigration

Persons originating from other regions of the country make up 8.4% of the population and 0.3% of residents were born abroad.
The largest immigrant groups are from the San Martín Region, the Lima Province/Lima Region, and Ucayali Region.

Age

The population is spread out with
has been attended by 28.8% of the population and 2.5% also have graduated from non-university higher education, while 2.6% have complete university studies. 46.7% only have attended primary education and 8.5% have not had any education.
The illiteracy rate in the province is 13.1%.

Political division

The province is divided into eleven districts, each of which is headed by a mayor. The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:

Districts

  1. Iquitos
  2. Alto Nanay
  3. Belén
  4. Fernando Lores
  5. Indiana
  6. Las Amazonas
  7. Mazán
  8. Napo
  9. Punchana
  10. San Juan Bautista
  11. Torres Causana

    Local authorities

Mayors