Santa Rosa de Yavarí

Santa Rosa
Distrito de Santa Rosa de Loreto
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa
Location of Santa Rosa in Peru
Coordinates: 4°13′40″S 69°57′28″W / 4.22778°S 69.95778°W / -4.22778; -69.95778

Santa Rosa (Anteriormente llamado Isla Santa Rosa o Santa Rosa del Yavari)es una pequeña localidad ,capital del distrito de Santa Rosa de Loreto is an Amazonian town in the Mariscal Ramón Castilla Province in the Loreto Region of Peru.

Geography

The town is in the international Tres Fronteras area of the Upper Amazon region, in the western Amazon basin.

It is located in an island in the Amazon River. The cities of Leticia (Colombia) and Tabatinga (Brazil) are across from it on the 'mainland' river banks of the Amazon.

Border crossings

The town serves as a checkpoint and crossing point for the Brazil-Peru and Brazil-Colombia borders.

See also

  • Loreto Region, Peru
  • Upper Amazon region

References


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