Pucallpa

Pucallpa
Coordinates: 8 ° 23 ′  S , 74 ° 33 ′  W Pucallpa​ Pucallpa on the map of Peru
Basic data
Country	Peru
region	Ucayali
province	Coronel Portillo
City foundation	October 13, 1888
Residents	144,207  (2017)
- in the metropolitan area	326.040
City insignia
Detailed data
height	154  m
Waters	Río Ucayali
Plaza de Armas

Pucallpa ( puka hallpa means red earth in the Quechua language ) is a rapidly growing city in the Amazon region of the South American Andean state of Peru and the capital of the Ucayali region . It is located 155 m above sea level on the banks of the Río Ucayali , one of the two headwaters of the Amazon. The nearest town is Tingo María , 250 km away. The city is located in the Callería district of the Coronel Portillo province , of which it is the administrative seat. The population was 144,207 in the 2017 census. 326,040 inhabitants lived in the conurbation.

Pucallpa has been the seat of the Vicariate Apostolic Pucallpa since 1956 .

History and economy

Pucallpa was founded by Franciscans in the 1840s . A smaller settlement had existed at this place since 1534. The area at Ucayali has been inhabited by indigenous people groups such as Shipibos, Conibos and Shetebos (and perhaps also by the Cashibos) since at least the 10th century AD. In 1880 the city of Pucallpa was founded, which is now the capital of the Ucayali region (founded in 1980).

Before the 846 km Lima -Pucallpa Expressway was completed in 1945, Pucallpa was a small, isolated city with no electricity or paved roads. After connecting with Lima, Pucallpa grew by leaps and bounds and is now a center of the surrounding agriculture and industry with numerous sawmills and rosewood oil factories. Pucallpa is also called the 76 km long oil pipeline of the Ganso Azul company , which is located in the southwest of the city. Pucallpa also has a flight connection via the Aeropuerto Internacional Capitán FAP David Abensur Rengifo to Lima, Tarapoto and Iquitos .

Attractions

• Center: the central square, Plaza de Armas, of Pucallpa with the town hall, monuments and cathedral. From there, Avenida Tacna leads as a new pedestrian and shopping street to the river bank. There you can see parks, the river port and a clock tower.

• Laguna de Yarinacocha: a lake or oxbow lake of the Ucayali. Picturesque surroundings, specialty restaurants on the lakefront, boat trips to indigenous settlements in Shipibos with handicraft cooperatives. The town of San Francisco is particularly well-known (14 km, 45 minutes by boat from the port).

• Shopping: Pucallpa has nine municipal markets and many shops in the center. Recently there are also modern shopping centers on the outskirts (towards the airport).

Nature reserves

To the west of Pucallpa are the Alexander von Humboldt National Forest and the Biabo Cordillera Azul National Forest.

Town twinning

• Miami-Dade County , Florida, United States

climate

Pucallpa has a tropical climate all year round. The average annual temperature is 26 ° C. In July the average temperature is 25 ° C and from September to January 26.5 ° C. The average maximum temperature is 33 ° C and the minimum temperature is 21.5 ° C. Annual rainfall is around 1,570 mm. Most of the precipitation falls in the months of October to April.

Pucallpa
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     147   31 22nd     165   31 22nd     191   31 22nd     163   31 22nd     104   30th 22nd     66   30th 21st     51   30th 20th     56   32 20th     91   32 21st     168   32 22nd     185   32 22nd     180   32 22nd Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Pucallpa Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 31.3 30.7 30.7 30.9 30.4 30.3 30.4 31.8 32.3 31.7 31.5 31.6 O 31.1 Min. Temperature (° C) 22.4 22.3 22.3 22.1 21.5 20.5 19.8 20.4 21.1 21.8 22.2 22.4 O 21.6 Precipitation ( mm ) 147 165 191 163 104 66 51 56 91 168 185 180 Σ 1,567 Rainy days ( d ) 14th 11 12 12 9 6th 5 6th 7th 11 10 11 Σ 114 Humidity ( % ) 87 88 88 88 87 88 86 84 85 86 87 86 O 86.7 Source: wetterkontor.de

River port on the Río Ucayali

Clock tower at the river port

literature

• Heinz Joos sweet drink: Pucallpa. Portrait of a pioneering town in the Peruvian Selva (Eastern Peru) , in: Geographica Helvetica, Volume 36 (1981), pp. 24–30 ( full text )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peru: Ucayali Region - Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
2. ↑ Perú: Perfil Sociodemográfico (PDF, 27.4 MB) Instituo Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI). August 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
3. ↑ M. Hahn (2004) Discover Peru for yourself, Rainbow Travel Guide. Zurich. P. 596
4. ↑ http://www.peruturismo.com/Iucayali.htm
5. ↑ M. Hahn (2004) p. 598, 600

Web links

Commons : Pucallpa  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Portal of Pucallpa (Spanish)
• Virtualperu.net: Pucallpa (English)
• Peru-Info, Pucallpa
• Peru4U - Tourist information (English)