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Madre de Dios

The Madre de Dios of includes the department of Madre de Dios. This is one of the tropical areas in . The most important river is the Madre de Dios river. The main city is .
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The , in the isolated region of Madre de Dios, is one of the most diverse areas in and and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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is the main city of the Department of Madre de Dios, . The city itself doesn't have many tourist attractions, but it's the starting point for jungle trips.

Madre de Dios

  • Type: State with 110,000 residents
  • Description: department of Peru
  • Also known as: “Del Madre de Dios”, “Department of Madre de Dios”, “Madre de Dios department”, “Madre de Dios Department”, “Madre de Dios region”, “Madre de Dios Region”, “Madre de Dios, Peru”, and “Región de Madre de Dios”
  • Neighbors: , , and
  • Categories: department of Peru and locality
  • Location: ,
  • View on Open­Street­Map
Latitude of center
-12° or 12° south
Longitude of center
-70.25° or 70° 15′ west
Population
110,000
Elevation
363 metres (1,191 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1230775077
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3935619
Wiki­data ID
Q210896
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Madre de Dios” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إقليم مادر دي ديوس”
  • Asturian: “Madre de Dios (Perú)”
  • Asturian: “Madre de Dios”
  • Aymara: “Madre de Dios Jach’a Suyu”
  • Belarusian: “Мадрэ-дэ-Д’ёс”
  • Belarusian: “Рэгіён Мадрэ-дэ-Д’ёс”
  • Bengali: “মাদ্রে দে দিওস অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Мадре де Диос”
  • Catalan: “Departament de Madre de Dios”
  • Catalan: “Departamento de Madre de Dios”
  • Catalan: “Madre de Dios”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Madre de Dios”
  • Cebuano: “Madre de Dios”
  • Chinese: “Madre de Dios Khu”
  • Chinese: “馬德雷德迪奧斯大區”
  • Chinese: “马德雷德迪奥斯”
  • Chinese: “马德雷德迪奥斯大区”
  • Czech: “Madre de Dios”
  • Czech: “Matka Boží”
  • Danish: “Madre de Dios”
  • Dutch: “Madre de Dios”
  • Esperanto: “Departemento Madre de Dios”
  • Esperanto: “Madre de Dios”
  • Finnish: “Madre de Diosin alue”
  • French: “Madre de Dios”
  • French: “Region de Madre de Dios”
  • Galician: “Departamento de Madre de Dios”
  • Georgian: “მადრე-დე-დიოსი”
  • Georgian: “მადრე-დე-დიოსის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Madre de Dios”
  • German: “PE-MDD”
  • German: “Region Madre de Dios”
  • Greek: “Μάντρε ντε Ρίος”
  • Gujarati: “માદ્રે દે ડીઓસ પ્રદેશ”
  • Hebrew: “מדרה דה דיוס”
  • Hindi: “माद्रे डी डियोस क्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Madre de Dios megye”
  • Indonesian: “Departamento Madre de Dios”
  • Indonesian: “Madre de Dios region”
  • Indonesian: “Madre de Dios”
  • Indonesian: “Region Madre de Dios”
  • Indonesian: “Región Madre de Dios”
  • Interlingua: “Departimento de Madre de Dios”
  • Italian: “regione di Madre de Dios”
  • Italian: “Regione di Madre de Dios”
  • Japanese: “マードレ・デ・ディオス”
  • Japanese: “マードレ・デ・ディオス県”
  • Japanese: “マードレデディオス”
  • Japanese: “マードレデディオス県”
  • Japanese: “マドレ・デ・ディオス県”
  • Kannada: “ಮ್ಯಾಡ್ರೆ ಡಿ ಡಿಯೊಸ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “마드레데디오스주”
  • Ladino: “Madre de Dios”
  • Latin: “Mater Dei Regio”
  • Latin: “Regio Dematerofluminensis”
  • Latin: “Regio Fluminis Matris Dei”
  • Latin: “Regio Materdeofluminensis”
  • Latvian: “Madre De Dios reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Madre de Dioso departamentas”
  • Macedonian: “Мадре де Диос”
  • Malay: “Negeri Madre de Dios”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Madre de Dios”
  • Marathi: “मादे डे डीस प्रदेश”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Madre de Dios Khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Madre de Dios-regionen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Madre de Dios”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Madre de Dios-regionen”
  • Norwegian: “Madre de Dios”
  • Persian: “منطقه مادره ده دیوس”
  • Polish: “Region Madre de Dios”
  • Portuguese: “Madre de Deus”
  • Portuguese: “Madre de Dios”
  • Quechua: “Amaru suyu”
  • Quechua: “Diyuspi Mama Suyu”
  • Quechua: “Dyuspa Maman suyu”
  • Quechua: “Mayutata suyu”
  • Quechua: “Mayutata Suyu”
  • Russian: “Мадре-де-Диос”
  • Russian: “Мадре-де-Дьос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Madre de Dios (departman)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Madre de Dios”
  • Sinhala: “මද්රේ ඩි ඩියෝස් කලාපය”
  • Sinhala: “මැඩ්‍රේ ඩි ඩියෝස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, පේරු”
  • Slovenian: “Departamento de Madre de Dios”
  • Slovenian: “Departma Madre de Dios”
  • Slovenian: “PE-MDD”
  • Spanish: “Departamento de Madre de Dios”
  • Spanish: “Madre de Dios”
  • Spanish: “Region de Madre de Dios”
  • Spanish: “Región Madre de Dios”
  • Swedish: “Madre de Dion”
  • Swedish: “Madre de Dios”
  • Tamil: “மன்றே டே டியோஸ் பகுதி”
  • Telugu: “మాడ్రే ద డియాస్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “แคว้นมาเดรเดดิโอส”
  • Turkish: “Madre de Dior Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Madre de Dios bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Мадре-де-Дьйос”
  • Urdu: “مادرے دے دیوس ریجن”
  • Urdu: “مادرے دے دیوس علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Madre de Dios”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Madre de Dios”
  • Western Armenian: “Մատրէ Տը Տիոս տարածաշրջան”
  • Western Panjabi: “میڈری ڈی ڈیوس”
  • Wu Chinese: “马德雷德迪奥斯大区”
  • “Madre de Dios”

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