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Main Resources: Rice, yucca, wood, fruit trees, rubber and cebu cattle. Population: 775,000 inhabitants. Its capital, Iquitos, has 261,648 inhabitants. Number of Provinces and Districts: 6 provinces and 47 districts. Date of Foundation: As department, February 07th, 1866. Grupos Etnicos: Shipibos, piros, campas, yaguas, cashivos, orejones and jíbaros. Typical Foods: Juanes of rice with hen, inchic hapi (mazamorra de maní). Fauna: Lizards, otorongos, snakes (Yacumama), Sajinos, deers, ronsocos, monkeys (maquisapa, machín, pichicos), anteaters, turtles (motelo, matamata, charapa), parrots, fishes such as the paiche and the zúngaro. Flora: Victorias Regias, flowers, aguaje, palms. Trees such as caoba, tornillo, shiringa, cetico.
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