Orellana
Francisco de Orellana is a town in the Loreto Region where there is a statue in memory of Francisco de Orellana who, in 1542, became the first European to discover the Amazon River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 5,430 residents
- Description: human settlement in Peru
- Also known as: “Orellana, Peru”
Orellana
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Vargas Guerra District, Ucayali Province, Loreto, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-6.91143° or 6° 54′ 41″ southLongitude
-75.1583° or 75° 9′ 30″ westPopulation
5,430Elevation
154 metres (505 feet)Open location code
67563RQR+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 276081341OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3694233Wikidata ID
Q7101524
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Orellana” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Orellana”
- Irish: “Orellana”
- Russian: “Орельяна”
- Spanish: “Francisco de Orellana”
- Spanish: “Orellana”
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