Nauta (city)
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| Coordinates | 4 ° 30 ′ S , 73 ° 35 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Peru | ||
| Loreto | |||
| province | Loreto | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-LOR | ||
| District | Nauta | ||
| height | 100 m | ||
| Residents | 19,551 (2017) | ||
| founding | April 30, 1830 | ||
| Website | muninauta.gob.pe (Spanish) | ||
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| mayor | Giampaolo Ossio Rojas Florindez (2019-2022) |
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Nauta is the capital of the Loreto Province in the Loreto region of northeast Peru . The city is also the administrative seat of the district of the same name . The city had 19,551 inhabitants at the 2017 census, 10 years earlier the population was 14,646.
The city of Nauta is located in the Peruvian Amazon lowland 93 km south-southwest of the regional capital Iquitos on the northern bank of the Río Marañón , 15 km above its junction with the Río Ucayali to the Amazon . The city has an important inland port. A road leads to Iquitos.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peru: Loreto Region - Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
Web links
Commons : Nauta - collection of images, videos and audio files
