Ucayali Department

department of Peru
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Ucayali Department
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Summary

Ucayali Department is a department of Peru[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of department of peru entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,105 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Peru[3]
  • Country: Peru[4]
  • Head of government: Manuel Gambini Rupay[5]
  • Capital: Pucallpa[6]
  • Shares border with: Loreto Department[7], Madre de Dios Department[8], Cusco Department[9], Junín Department[10], Pasco Department[11], Huanuco Department[12], Acre[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Atalaya Province[14], Coronel Portillo Province[15], Padre Abad Province[16], Purús Province[17]
  • Commons category: Ucayali Department[18]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−05:00[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Department of Ucayali[20]
  • Population: 496,459[21], 432,159[22], 402,445[23], 314,810[24], 200,669[25], 660,256[26], 623,868[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in the department of Ucayali[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Q130486347[29]
  • Demonym: ucayalino[30]
  • Area: 102199.28 km²[31]
  • Language used: Amazonic Spanish[32], Sharanahua[33], Culina[34], Asháninka[35], Cashinahua[36], Ashéninka[37], Amahuaca[38], Remo[39], Ucayali–Yurúa Ashéninka[40], South Ucayali Ashéninka[41], Pichis Ashéninka[42], Yaminawa[43], Yora[44], Kakataibo[45]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[46]

Why It Matters

Ucayali Department has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2017 Peru Census. Retrieved . censos2017.inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2007 Peru Census. Retrieved . censos.inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 2005 Peru Census. Retrieved . censos.inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 1993 Peru Census. Retrieved . censos.inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 1981 census of Peru. Retrieved . censos.inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . minsa.gob.pe. Retrieved . minsa.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2025 Peru Census. Retrieved . censos2025.inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . inei.gob.pe. Retrieved . inei.gob.pe. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18h ago · ThomasPusch · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'ay', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de',
    Sitelink count → 53
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Head of government: Manuel Gambini Rupay"
  2. 13w ago · Ovruni · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC−05:00
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Atalaya Province, Coronel Portillo Province, Padre Abad Province +1
    Instance of → —
    Population → {'amount': '+496459'}, {'amount': '+432159'}, {'amount': '+402445'} +4
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