Amazonas Region

The **Region of Amazonas** is a region of Peru. It is in the northwest part of the country. Its capital is the city of Chachapoyas.

## Geography

The **Amazonas Region** has a lot of rainforests and mountain ranges. The rainforest zone covers 72.93% of the area, and it goes to the north, up to the border with Ecuador. It does this in the summits of the Cordillera del Cóndor. The mountain range zone is in the southern provinces of the Amazonas Region. It makes up 27.07% of the region's land.

## People

Aguaruna and Huambisa people live in the region.

### Languages

The 2007 Peru Census says that the language learnt first by most of the people was Spanish (84.90%). The following table shows the results of the language learnt first in the Amazonas Region by province:

|**Province**|**Quechua**|**Aymara**|**Asháninka**|**Another native language**|**Spanish**|**Foreign language**|**Deaf or mute**|**Total**|||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bagua|align="right"|131|align="right"|15|align="right"|16|align="right"|16,108|align="right"|49,881|align="right"|3|align="right"|122|align="right"|66,276|
|Bongará|align="right"|20|align="right"|3|align="right"|6|align="right"|34,681|align="right"|3,541|align="right"|5|align="right"|60|align="right"|38,316|
|Chachapoyas|align="right"|114|align="right"|13|align="right"|5|align="right"|38|align="right"|46,467|align="right"|21|align="right"|147|align="right"|46,805|
|Condorcanqui|align="right"|26|align="right"|6|align="right"|5|align="right"|16|align="right"|25,644|align="right"|13|align="right"|73|align="right"|25,783|
|Luya|align="right"|34|align="right"|6|align="right"|-|align="right"|6|align="right"|44,671|align="right"|8|align="right"|274|align="right"|44,999|
|Rodríguez de Mendoza|align="right"|18|align="right"|2|align="right"|5|align="right"|1|align="right"|24,644|align="right"|-|align="right"|80|align="right"|24,750|
|Utcubamba|align="right"|115|align="right"|20|align="right"|9|align="right"|187|align="right"|100,958|align="right"|1|align="right"|194|align="right"|101,484|
|**Total**|align="right"|458|align="right"|65|align="right"|46|align="right"|51,037|align="right"|295,806|align="right"|51|align="right"|950|align="right"|348,413|
|**%**|align="right"|0.13|align="right"|0.02|align="right"|0.01|align="right"|14.65|align="right"|84.90|align="right"|0.01|align="right"|0.27|align="right"|100.00|

## Other websites

- Amazonas region official website
- Peru Info: Amazonas Region
- Chachapoyas map

## Infobox (settlement)

- **settlement type**: Regions of Peru, Region
- **image skyline**: Utcubamba amazonas peru.jpg
- **image caption**: Utkupampa valley, Amazonas Region
- **image seal**: Escudo amazonasregion.png
- **image map**: Peru - Amazonas Department (locator map).svg
- **map caption**: Location of the Amazonas Region in Peru
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Peru
- **subdivision type1**: Subdivisions
- **subdivision name1**: 7 provinces and 83 districts
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Chachapoyas, Peru, Chachapoyas
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Oscar Altamirano
<small>(2019–2022)</small>
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 39249.13
- **elevation footnotes**: (Capital)
- **elevation m**: 2334
- **population total**: 379384
- **population as of**: 2017
- **population density km2**: auto
- **postal code type**: UBIGEO
- **postal code**: 01
- **area code type**: Telephone numbers in Peru, Dialing code
- **area code**: 041
- **iso code**: PE-AMA
- **website**: [http://www.regionamazonas.gob.pe www.regionamazonas.gob.pe]
- **blank name sec1**: Principal resources
- **blank info sec1**: Coffee, rice, fruits, wood
and cebu cattle.