Iquitos is the capital city of Peru's
Maynas Province and Loreto Region. The largest metropolis in the
Peruvian Amazon, east of the Andes and the sixth most populous
city of Peru. It is known as the capital of the Peruvian Amazon.
The city is located in the Great Plains of the Amazon Basin, fed
by the Amazon, Nanay and Itaya rivers. Overall, it constitutes
Metropolitan Iquitos, a conurbation of 471,993 inhabitants
consisting of four districts: Iquitos, Punchana, Belén, and San
Juan Bautista. It is the largest city in the world that cannot be
reached by road – it is accessible only by river and air.
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