Province of Coronel Portillo
The province of Coronel Portillo is one of the four that make up the department of Ucayali in the Republic of Peru. It limits to the north with the department of Loreto. To the east, with the Federal Republic of Brazil. To the south, with the province of Atalaya and to the west, with the province of Padre Abad, the departments of Pasco and Huánuco. His name honors the memory of Colonel Pedro Portillo, prefect of Loreto from 1901 to 1904 and an official of the Ministry of Public Works, positions from which he promoted the exploration and development of communications.