21 April 2021 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Rubric: General
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Iquitos, also known as City of Iquitos, is the capital city of
Peru‘s
Maynas Province and
Loreto Region. The largest
metropolis in the
Peruvian Amazon, east of the Andes, it is the
ninth-most populous city of Peru. It is known as the “capital of the Peruvian Amazon”. The city is located in the Great Plains of the Amazon Basin, fed by the
Amazon,
Nanay, and
Itaya rivers. Overall, it constitutes the
Iquitos metropolitan area, a conurbation of 471,993 inhabitants consisting of four districts:
Iquitos,
Punchana,
Belén, and
San Juan Bautista. It is the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road – it is accessible only by river and air.
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