page_title: Department of Amazonas, Peru
section_title: Route to Huallaga Central: Plain of Bagua
hierarchical_section_title: Department of Amazonas, Peru / Geography / Route to Huallaga Central: Plain of Bagua
context_page_description: Amazonas is a department of northern Peru bordered by Ecuador on the north and west, Cajamarca on the west, La Libertad on the south, and Loreto and San Martín on the east. Its capital is the city of Chachapoyas.
  With a landscape of steep river gorges and mountains, Amazonas is the location of Kuelap, a huge stone fortress enclosing more than 400 stone structures; it was built on a mountain about 3,000 meters high, starting about 500 AD and was occupied to the mid-16th century. It is one of Peru's major archeological sites.
context_section_description: The Utkupampa valley which is born in the high jalcas of the Chachapoyas Province and which runs from southeast to northwest to mix with the waters of the Marañón River, forms the immense plain of Bagua. This plain has a warm climate, which temperature can reach a maximum of 40 °C, being the minimum one 21 °C.
  Like in the whole high jungle region of Peru –head of mountain-, its water regimen is irregular and sometimes without rains.
  Some of the important places inside this route are the touristic corridor of the Utkupampa and the lake Pumaqucha.
caption: Hot springs in the Rupa Rupa Region
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