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| Iquitos | |||
| Capital: | 106 m | ||
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Climate: Tropical, with an annual mean temperature of 26.3°C and highs of 36°C. | ||
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| History: |
Situated between the Itaya and Amazon rivers, Iquitos was originally a missionary settlement named after the local native tribe. |
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| The town's official designation as Peru 's First Fluvial Port took place on January 5, 1864 under the administration of Ramon Castilla , who dispatched the battleships Pastaza and Prospero for the occasion. |
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| The rubber-boom heritage includes elegant houses decorated with colourful handpainted wall tiles brought from Valencia , Seville and Portugal . |
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| The region later became important for its timber resources and, more recently, its oil reserves (extraction has been under way since 1970). | |||
| Places of Interest: | Numerous lagoons or cochas and tributaries of the Amazon warrant a boat trip: Morona Cocha – Bellavista Nanay – Santa Clara – Belen and Santo Tomas – Puerto Almendra – Lake Rumococha Zungaro Cocha – Pacaya Samiria national reserve – Quistococha lagoon – Lake Mapacocha – Momon river. |
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