{{more sources needed|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Talara | settlement_type = [[provinces of Peru|Province]] | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_shield = COA Talara Province in Piura Region.png | image_map = Location of the province Talara in Piura.svg | map_caption = Location of Talara in the [[Piura Region]] | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Peru]] | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = [[Piura Region]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = March 16, 1956 | seat_type = Capital | seat = [[Talara]] | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Jose Alfredo Vitonera Infante | area_total_km2 = 2799.49 | elevation_m = 2178 | population_total = 144150 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = [[UBIGEO]] | blank_info_sec1 = 2007 | website = {{url|www.munitalara.gob.pe}} }} '''Talara''' is a [[province]] in the [[Piura Region]], [[Peru]]. It is bordered by the [[Pacific Ocean]] on the west, the province of [[Paita Province|Paita]] on the south, the province of [[Sullana Province|Sullana]] on the east and the [[Tumbes Region]]'s province of [[Contralmirante Villar Province|Contralmirante Villar]] on the north. Its capital is the major [[port]] city of [[Talara]]. It also contains the beach resort of [[Máncora]]. The province was created by the President [[Manuel A. Odría]] in 1956.
==Attractions== The province has tourist attractions such as the Máncora beach resort, Cabo Blanco beach, Punta Balcones, Pariñas [[Forest]], Amotape mountains, a whale [[fossil]]s deposit, Plataforma del Zócalo Continental, [[Punta Arenas, Peru|Punta Arenas Houses]], [http://www.petroperu.com.pe/Main.asp?T=3387 Talara Refinery] and the Talara Civic Centre. Talara had the greatest reserve of oil in all Peru.
[[Punta Pariñas]], the [[Extreme points of South America|westernmost]] point in mainland [[South America]], is located in the province's [[La Brea District]].
==Climate== The province of Talara has a yearly average [[temperature]] of {{convert|25|C}}.
==Political division== The province is divided into six [[district]]s ({{langx|es|distritos}}, singular: ''distrito''), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''): * [[El Alto District|El Alto]] * [[La Brea District|La Brea]] * [[Lobitos District|Lobitos]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.infobae.com/peru/2025/07/11/derrame-de-petroleo-en-piura-oefa-supervisa-control-en-el-lote-vi-en-talara/|title=Derrame de petróleo en Piura: OEFA supervisa control en el lote VI en Talara|first=Manuel|last=Rojas Berríos|work=[[Infobae]]|date=10 July 2025|access-date=7 March 2026|language=es}}</ref> * [[Los Organos District|Los Organos]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://willax.pe/actualidad/alcalde-los-organos-abucheado-lanzan-huevos-mentiroso-willax|title=Alcalde de Los Órganos es abucheado y le lanzan huevos durante evento: “Garrido mentiroso”, gritaron los pobladores|publisher=[[Willax Televisión]]|date=11 December 2025|access-date=7 March 2026|language=es}}</ref> * [[Máncora District|Máncora]] * [[Pariñas District|Pariñas]]
==Transportation== It is linked to the rest of the country by various highways and the [[Cap. FAP Víctor Montes Arias Airport]].
==History== {{empty-section|date=September 2013}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.munitalara.gob.pe Municipality of Talara] (in Spanish)
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