Loreto Province

Province in Loreto, Peru

Loreto
Province
Nauta
Location of Loreto in the Loreto Region
Country	Peru
Region	Loreto
Capital	Nauta
Area
• Total	67,434.12 km² (26,036.46 sq mi)
Elevation	111 m (364 ft)
Population
• Total	63,515
• Density	0.94/km² (2.4/sq mi)
UBIGEO	1603

The Loreto Province is one of the eight provinces in the Loreto Region of Peru. The capital of the province is the historic town of Nauta. This biologically and culturally diverse region includes the Pacaya–Samiria National Reservation, and is also home to many indigenous peoples, (such as the Cocama, Omagua, Iquito people and Urarina), as well as peasants (ribereños) who live off the land and aquatically rich rivers.