Amazonas Region
The Region of Amazonas is a region of Peru. It is in the northwest part of the country. Its capital is the city of Chachapoyas.
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.svg) Location of the Amazonas Region in Peru | |
| Coordinates: 6°13′S 77°51′W / 6.22°S 77.85°WCoordinates: 6°13′S 77°51′W / 6.22°S 77.85°W | |
| Country | Peru |
| Subdivisions | 7 provinces and 83 districts |
| Capital | Chachapoyas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Oscar Altamirano (2019–2022) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 39,249.13 km2 (15,154.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Capital) | 2,334 m (7,657 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 379,384 |
| • Density | 9.666049/km2 (25.03495/sq mi) |
| UBIGEO | 01 |
| ISO 3166 code | PE-AMA |
| Principal resources | Coffee, rice, fruits, wood and cebu cattle. |
| Website | www.regionamazonas.gob.pe |
Geography
The Amazonas Region has a lot of rainforests and mountain ranges. The rainforest zone covers 72.93% of the area, and it goes to the north, up to the border with Ecuador. It does this in the summits of the Cordillera del Cóndor. The mountain range zone is in the southern provinces of the Amazonas Region. It makes up 27.07% of the region's land.
People
Aguarunas natives.
Aguaruna and Huambisa people live in the region.
Languages
The 2007 Peru Census says that the language learnt first by most of the people was Spanish (84.90%). The following table shows the results of the language learnt first in the Amazonas Region by province:[1]
| Province | Quechua | Aymara | Asháninka | Another native language | Spanish | Foreign language | Deaf or mute | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagua | 131 | 15 | 16 | 16,108 | 49,881 | 3 | 122 | 66,276 |
| Bongará | 20 | 3 | 6 | 34,681 | 3,541 | 5 | 60 | 38,316 |
| Chachapoyas | 114 | 13 | 5 | 38 | 46,467 | 21 | 147 | 46,805 |
| Condorcanqui | 26 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 25,644 | 13 | 73 | 25,783 |
| Luya | 34 | 6 | - | 6 | 44,671 | 8 | 274 | 44,999 |
| Rodríguez de Mendoza | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 24,644 | - | 80 | 24,750 |
| Utcubamba | 115 | 20 | 9 | 187 | 100,958 | 1 | 194 | 101,484 |
| Total | 458 | 65 | 46 | 51,037 | 295,806 | 51 | 950 | 348,413 |
| % | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 14.65 | 84.90 | 0.01 | 0.27 | 100.00 |
References
- ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
Other websites
- Amazonas region official website
- Peru Info: Amazonas Region
- Chachapoyas map
"Amazonas (Peru)". Encyclopædia Britannica (Eleventh). (1911). Cambridge University Press. - "Amazonas. A northern department of Peru". New International Encyclopedia. (1905).
