Yurimaguas
Yurimaguas is a city located in the Loreto Region of Peru. It serves as the capital of the Alto Amazonas Province and is situated in the northeastern part of the country.
- Type: Town with 62,900 residents
- Description: capital city of Alto Amazonas, Loreto, Peru
- Also known as: “Yurimahuas”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport.
Yurimaguas
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Yurimaguas District, Alto Amazonas Province, Loreto, Peruvian Amazon, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-5.8952° or 5° 53′ 43″ south
Longitude
-76.1047° or 76° 6′ 17″ west
Population
62,900
Elevation
143 metres (469 feet)
IATA airport code
YMS
UN/LOCODE
PE YMS
Open location code
67654V3W+W4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Yurimaguas” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Yurimaguas”
- Aymara: “Yurimawas”
- Catalan: “Yurimaguas”
- Cebuano: “Yurimaguas (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Yurimaguas”
- Chinese: “尤里馬瓜斯”
- Chinese: “尤里马瓜斯”
- Dutch: “Yurimaguas”
- French: “Yurimaguas”
- German: “Yurimaguas”
- Hindi: “युरिमाग्वास”
- Italian: “Yurimaguas”
- Japanese: “ユリマグアス”
- Lithuanian: “Jurimagvasas”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Yurimaguas”
- Persian: “یوریماگوآس”
- Portuguese: “Yurimaguas”
- Quechua: “Yurimawas”
- Russian: “Юримагуас”
- Spanish: “Yurimaguas”
- Ukrainian: “Юрімагуас”
- Waray (Philippines): “Yurimaguas”
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