Lagunas (Alto Amazonas)
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| Coordinates | 5 ° 14 ′ S , 75 ° 41 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Peru | ||
| Loreto | |||
| province | Alto Amazon | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-LOR | ||
| District | Lagunas | ||
| height | 123 m | ||
| Residents | 7215 (2017) | ||
Lagunas is the capital of the Lagunas district in the Alto Amazonas province of the Loreto region in northeastern Peru . Lagunas is located in the Amazon lowlands at an altitude of 123 m on the right bank of the Río Huallaga , almost 50 km above its confluence with the Río Marañón . The small town had 7,215 inhabitants in the 2017 census. 10 years earlier the population was 7396. To the east of the city is the Pacaya-Samiria nature reserve .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Peru: Loreto Region - Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI): Directorio Nacional de Centros Poblados - Censos Nacionales 2017 . Lima 2018, Vol. 4, p. 1396.