<!-- FAIR USE of COA Requena Province in Loretoo Region.png: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:COA_Requena_Province_in_Loreto_Region.png for rationale --> {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Requena | settlement_type = [[provinces of Peru|Province]] | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_shield = COA Requena Province in Loreto Region.png | image_map = {{maplink |frame=yes | frame-width=275 |frame-height=275 |frame-align=center | text= '''Requena Province''' | type=line|id= |stroke-width=2|stroke-colour=#F30404 |title=Peru/PUTU }} | map_caption = Location of Requena in the [[Loreto Region]] | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Peru]] | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = [[Loreto Region|Loreto]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = July 2, 1943 | seat_type = Capital | seat = [[Requena, Loreto|Requena]] | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Orlando Ernig Jakers Huaymacari | area_total_km2 = 49477.8 | elevation_m = 114 | population_total = 58511 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = [[UBIGEO]] | blank_info_sec1 = 1605 | website = [http://www.munirequena.gob.pe www.munirequena.gob.pe] }}
'''Requena''' is one of the eight [[Provinces of Peru|provinces]] in the [[Loreto Region]] of [[Peru]]. It was created by Law No. 9815 on July 2, 1943 by president [[Manuel Prado Ugarteche]].<ref>{{in lang|es}} Municipalidad Provincial de Requena, ''[http://www.munirequena.gob.pe/index.php?opc1=2 Reseña] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202033617/http://www.munirequena.gob.pe/index.php?opc1=2 |date=2008-02-02 }}''. Retrieved on November 5, 2007.</ref> Its territory is part of the [[Amazon rainforest]]; as such, it is characterized by high temperatures, heavy rainfall and a wide diversity of plants and animals.<ref>{{in lang|es}} Municipalidad Provincial de Requena, ''[http://www.munirequena.gob.pe/index.php?opc1=turi Requena: el boom del turismo ecológico]''. Retrieved on November 5, 2007.</ref>
==Political division== The province is divided into eleven districts.
* [[Alto Tapiche District|Alto Tapiche]] ([[Santa Elena, Requena Province|Santa Elena]]) * [[Capelo District|Capelo]] ([[Flor de Punga]]) * [[Emilio San Martín District|Emilio San Martín]] ([[Tamanco]]) * [[Jenaro Herrera District|Jenaro Herrera]] ([[Jenaro Herrera]]) * [[Maquia District|Maquia]] ([[Santa Isabel, Requena Province|Santa Isabel]]) * [[Puinahua District|Puinahua]] ([[Bretaña, Peru|Bretaña]]) * [[Requena District|Requena]] ([[Requena, Loreto|Requena]]) * [[Saquena District|Saquena]] ([[Bagazan]]) * [[Soplin District|Soplin]] ([[Nueva Alejandría]]) * [[Tapiche District|Tapiche]] ([[Iberia, Requena Province|Iberia]]) * [[Yaquerana District|Yaquerana]] ([[Angamos, Requena|Angamos]])
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