Bongará Province

Bongará is one of seven provinces, which form the Amazon region in the Andes in northern Peru. The provincial capital is Villa de Jumbilla, a village at about 1,935 meters above sea level.

Bongará has about 26 145 inhabitants (as of 2002) and an area of ​​2869.65 km ². Established was the province on December 26, 1870.

Bongará bordered to the north by the province of Condorcanqui and to the region of Loreto, on the east by the San Martín Region on the south, the province of Chachapoyas and on the west by the provinces Luya and Utcubamba.

Attractions

Waterfalls

• GOCTA: In 2005 was discovered in the province Bongará near the small town Cocachimba the third highest waterfall in the world, the Gocta.
• Yumbilla: In 2007, the discovery of the approximately 870 -meter-high waterfall Yumbilla was reported. Currently, he is still measured precisely.

Lake Pomacochas

Besides Gocta is located in the province of Bongará the lake of Pomacochas.

Districts of the province Bongará

• District Chisquilla
• District Churuja
• District Corasha
• District Cuispes
• District of Florida
• District Jazan
• District Jumbilla
• District Recta
• District of San Carlos
• District Shipasbamba
• District Valera
• District Yambrasbamba

Bagua | Bongará | Chachapoyas | Condorcanqui | Luya | Rodríguez de Mendoza | Utcubamba

• Peruvian province
• Province in the region of the Amazon