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Encyclopedia > Amazonas, Peru
Amazonas region
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Data
Capital Chachapoyas
Area 39,249.13 km²
Population
  -Total
  -Density
428 095 (2002 estimate)
10.9/km²
Provinces 7, with a total of 83 districts
Economy
Main resources Coffee, rice, fruits, wood
and cebu cattle.
Politics
President Miguel C. Reyes
Location map
Peru. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador; on the west by the Ecuador; on the south by the La Libertad region; and on the east by the Loreto and San Martín regions. Its capital is the city of Chachapoyas.


Political division

The region is divided into seven provinces (provincias, singular: provincia), which are composed of 83 districts (distritos, singular: distrito). The provinces, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:

  1. Bagua (Bagua)
  2. Bongará (Villa de Jumbilla)
  3. Chachapoyas (Chachapoyas)
  4. Condorcanqui (Santa María de Nieva)
  5. Luya (Lamud)
  6. Rodríguez de Mendoza (Mendoza)
  7. Utcubamba (Bagua Grande)


Peru | Political division Flag of Peru
Regions of Peru
Amazonas | Ancash | Apurímac | Arequipa | Ayacucho | Cajamarca | Callao | Cusco | Huancavelica | Huánuco | Ica | Junín | La Libertad | Lambayeque | Lima Metropolitana | Lima Provincias | Loreto | Madre de Dios | Moquegua | Pasco | Piura | Puno | San Martín | Tacna | Tumbes | Ucayali



  Results from FactBites:
 
Amazonas Region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (397 words)
The Amazonas region is made up by of rainforest and Sierra (highlands), although the rainforest area is larger and extends northwards up to the border with Ecuador in the top of the Cordillera del Cóndor.
The area of the Amazonas Region was strongly linked to the independence thoughts and actions.
The Cordillera del Condor, located in this region, was the scenery of the war between Peru and Ecuador in 1981.
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