Alto Amazonas Province

Alto Amazonas is one of the eight provinces in the Loreto Region of . Located in the northeastern Peruvian Amazon, the culturally and biodiverse province of Alto Amazonas is divided into six districts.
  • Type: province of Peru with 160,000 residents
  • Description: province of Loreto, Peru
  • Also known as: “Alto Amazonas province”, “Alto Amazonas pruwinsya”, “Hanan Amarumayu pruwinsya”, “province d’Alto Amazonas”, “Provincia Alto Amazonas”, “província d’Alto Amazonas”, and “Provincia del Alto Amazonas”

Alto Amazonas Province

Latitude
-5.8128° or 5° 48′ 46″ south
Longitude
-76.1023° or 76° 6′ 8″ west
Population
160,000
Elevation
127 metres (417 feet)
Open location code
67655VPX+V3
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In Other Languages

From Aymara to Welsh—“Alto Amazonas Province” goes by many names.
  • Aymara: “Alto Amasuna jisk’a suyu”
  • Catalan: “Alto Amazonas”
  • Cebuano: “Provincia de Alto Amazonas”
  • Chinese: “上亞馬遜省”
  • Dutch: “Alto Amazonas”
  • French: “Alto Amazonas”
  • French: “Province d’Alto Amazonas”
  • Galician: “Provincia de Alto Amazonas”
  • Georgian: “ალტო-ამასონასი”
  • Georgian: “ალტო-ამასონასის პროვინცია”
  • German: “Provinz Alto Amazonas”
  • Hebrew: “אלטו אמזונאס”
  • Italian: “provincia di Alto Amazonas”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Alto Amazonas”
  • Japanese: “アルト・アマゾナス郡”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alto Amazonas Séng”
  • Mingrelian: “ალტო-ამასონასი”
  • Persian: “استان التو امازوناس”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Alto Amazonas”
  • Portuguese: “Alto Amazonas”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Alto Amazonas”
  • Quechua: “Hanaq Amarumayu pruwinsya”
  • Russian: “Альто-Амасонас”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Alto Amazonas”
  • Swedish: “Alto Amazonas”
  • Ukrainian: “Альто-Амазонас”
  • Vietnamese: “Alto Amazonas”
  • Vietnamese: “Loreto”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alto Amazonas”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Alto Amazonas”

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Places to explore: Santa María and Puerto Arturo.

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Highlights: Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport.

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