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  History:
Túpac Yupanqui entered and subdued the Inca
dominion, the nowadays far away province of Moyobamba, known in that time with the native
name, Muyupampa. In 1839, the spaniard Alonso de Alvarado reached the Mayo River and
founded a city to which he named as Santiago de los Valles de Moyobamba, which later
became the capital of Maynas. A great importance figure was also the Priest Manuel
Sobreviela, who, between 1787 and 1790, accomplished travellings along the Huallaga River
and, as a result, published a map named "Planning for the course of the Huallaga and
Ucayali Rivers and for the Pampa del Sacramento".
On August 19, 1821, Moyobamba, capital of the department,
was the first peruvian city in declaring its Independence. In the last years, the
penetration highway has allowed for the increase of the exchange of different products,
thus benefitting the economy of this department.
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