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Generalities:

Area or surface:
102,411 KM². Main Resources: Wood, fruits and wild fauna (sajino, sachavaca, huangana). Cebu cattle are raised there.

Population: 363,000 inhabitants. Its capital is Pucallpa, with 160,400 inhabitants.

Number of Provinces and Districts: 4 provinces and 14 districts.

Date of Foundation: As department, June 18th, 1980.

Fauna: Guacamayos, parrots, tucans, nightingales, hummingbirds, swallows. Squirrels, monkeys (pichico, little lion, fraile, coto, maquisapa), anteaters, otters, tigers, deers and foxes. Snakes, toads and insects. Fishes (bagre, boquichico, carachama, lisa, mojarra). Tortoises (charapa, taricaya and motelo).

Flora: Trees (caoba, moena, cedro, estoraque, ishpingo, huayruro). Medicinal plants (ayahuasca, llantén, paico). Fruit trees, orchids.

 

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