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Pucallpa (Quechua: puka hallpa, "red earth") is a busy Amazon frontier town in Peru which sits on the banks of the Ucayali River, a major tributary which feeds the Amazon River. Pucallpa is the capital of the Ucayali region and has more than 200,000 citizens. Pucallpa is 155 meters above sea level. Quechua (Standard Quechua, Runasimi Language of People) is an Native American language of South America. ...
The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. ...
Alternative use: Ucayali region The Ucayali, which rises about 70 miles north of Lake Titicaca, is the most interesting branch of the Amazon River next to the Madeira. ...
A satellite image of the mouth of the Amazon River, looking south The Amazon River (occasionally River Amazon; Spanish: RÃo Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) of South America is one of the two longest rivers on Earth, the other being the Nile in Africa. ...
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Pucallpa was founded on October 13, 1888, though a small community had existed on the site since 1534. October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ...
1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...
Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize Münster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ...
Prior the completion of the 846km long Lima-Pucallpa highway (which in recent times the part closest to Pucallpa has disintegrated to a mudhole turning the original 2 day drive to a 2 and a half day drive to Lima) 1945, Pucallpa was a small, isolated town without electricity or paved roads. Today, however, the city has grown greatly in size and is a centre for local agriculture and industry, with numerous sawmills, rosewood oil factories and farms in its vicinity. Pucallpa is also the terminus for a 76km long oil pipeline from the Ganso Azul oilfields in the southwest. Lima is the capital and largest city in Peru, as well as the capital of Lima Province. ...
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1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...
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The Alexander von Humboldt and Biabo-Cordillera Azul National Forests are located just to the west of Pucallpa.
Pucallpa is not known for being a tourist attraction, because there is not as much to do there as there are in other places, however there are a few interesting places that are close. Just 7 kilometers away is Lake Yarinacocha, where the native community of San Francisco resides. Also close by is Aguatya, where there are waterfalls and a beautiful lake.
It is served by the Captain Rolden International Airport Captain Rolden International Airport (IATA: PCL, ICAO: SPCL) is an airport serving Pucallpa, Peru. ...
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The site where the plane crashed A sketched map of Peru showing the approximate location of the crash site. ...
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Reference - Pucallpa. In Encyclopædia Britannica (15). (1980).
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