San Martín Region

The San Martín Region (Spanish: Región San Martín, San Martín Quechua suyu ) is a location in the Andes region in northeastern Peru. The region is bordered to the north by the Loreto and Amazonas regions on the south, Huánuco and on the west by La Libertad.

Population, land

Approximately 757 740 people live the 2005 census, according to an area of ​​51253.31 km ².

Geography

Huallaga and its main tributaries: Mayo, Saposoa and Tocache.

Passports

Dos Cruces ( at 4350 m) in Mariscal Cáceres; Ventanas ( at 4200 m ) in Pataz and Tahgarana ( 1500 m ) in llamas.

Pongo

Caynarachi ( 350 m) in llamas; De Aguirre ( 500 m) and Huamanhuasi in San Martín.

Lakes

(Also called Laguna Azul, " blue lake " ) El Sauce.

Airports

Tarapoto, Rioja, Uchiza, juanjui, Tocache, moyobamba and Saposoa.

Capital

The capital is moyobamba. The region was named after the liberator José de San Martín. The economic center of San Martín is the city of Tarapoto.

Tourism

In the province of Mariscal Cáceres in the west of the San Martín region of the Río Abiseo National Park, the UNESCO declared 1990 World Cultural and Natural World Heritage Site located. The National Park has a diverse and rich flora and fauna, including some endangered species. In addition, the National Park is home to 36 pre-Columbian sites, the largest and most archaeologically significant is Gran Pajatén. The beginning of the 1960s rediscovered site was inhabited by about 200 AD and is the Chachapoyas culture attributed; However, the park has also finds other cultures, which even date back to 1500 BC.

Administrative Divisions

The region is divided into ten provinces and 77 districts.

Province ( capital )