Amazonas Region Facts for Kids

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Amazonas Region

Region

Utkupampa valley, Amazonas Region

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Location of the Amazonas Region in Peru

Country

Peru

Subdivisions

7 provinces and 83 districts

Capital

Chachapoyas

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

Dialing code

041

ISO 3166 code

PE-AMA

Principal resources

Coffee, rice, fruits, wood
and cebu cattle.

Website

www.regionamazonas.gob.pe

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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Geography

Marañón valley between Chachapoyas and Celendin, Peru

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:

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