Amazonas region

Amazonas Region
Region
Utkupampa valley, Amazonas Region
Location of the Amazonas Region in Peru
Coordinates: 6°13′S 77°51′W / 6.22°S 77.85°W / -6.22; -77.85Coordinates: 6°13′S 77°51′W / 6.22°S 77.85°W / -6.22; -77.85
Country	Peru
Subdivisions	7 provinces and 83 districts
Capital	Chachapoyas
Government
• President	Miguel C. Reyes
Area
• Total	39,249.13 km2 (15,154.17 sq mi)
Elevation(Capital)	2,334 m (7,657 ft)
Population (2004 estimate)
• Total	443,025
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
UBIGEO	01
Dialing code	041
ISO 3166 code	PE-AMA
Principal resources	Coffee, rice, fruits, wood and cebu cattle.
Website	www.regionamazonas.gob.pe

Amazonas is a region of northern Peru bordered by Ecuador on the north and west, Cajamarca Region on the west, La Libertad Region on the south, and Loreto Region and San Martín Region on the east. Its capital is the city of Chachapoyas.

With a landscape of steep river gorges and mountains, Amazonas is the location of Kuelap, a huge stone fortress enclosing more than 400 stone structures; it was built on a mountain about 3,000 meters high, starting about 500 AD and was occupied to the mid-16th century. It is the major archeological site in Peru.

The Amazonas Region consists of regions covered by rainforests and mountain ranges. The rainforest zone predominates (72.93%) and it extends to the north over its oriental slope, up to the border with Ecuador in the summits of the Cordillera del Cóndor. The mountain range zone is located in the southern provinces of the Amazonas Region and it only includes 27.07% of its whole territorial surface.

One of the factors that help to give big importance to its geography is not only that the big valleys and plains of its rainforest zone are the closest to the Pacific Ocean, but also its connections with the routes of the coast are the lowest. This is because they use the Paso de Porculla (the mountain pass of Porculla) that is located at 2,144 m. This is the lowest pass of the whole Peruvian Andes to arrive to the Pan-American road system.

The vast and deep Marañón valley which constitutes one of the most important morphologic features of the region.