Yurimaguas is a port town in the Loreto Region of the northeastern Peruvian Amazon, at the confluence of the Huallaga and Paranapura rivers. Historically associated with the Mainas missions and known as the Pearl of the Huallaga, it is the capital of both Alto Amazonas Province and Yurimaguas District, with an estimated population of 62,903 in 2017.
Facts
Founding Year Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Yurimaguas (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 62,903 (2017)
2. Wikipedia (Spanish): Yurimaguas
Wikipedia (Spanish)Article text: founding statementQuote, Article text: founding statement
Fue fundada en 1709 y está ubicada en la confluencia de los ríos Huallaga, Shanusi y Paranapura en la Amazonía peruana.
3. Yurimaguas (Wikipedia)
Infobox: elevation_m
106
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -5.75, -76.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -5.75, -76.25
-5.75 -76.25 Af
5. GeoNames: Yurimaguas - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3690654, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3690654, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-5.90181 -76.12234 P PPLA3 PE 16 1602 160201 41827 143 America/Lima
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