Bagua Grande is a town in northern
Peru
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, capital of
Utcubamba Province
Utcubamba (hispanicized spelling), in Quechua Utkhupampa (''utkhu'' cotton, ''pampa'' a large plain,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary) " ...
, in the region
Amazonas. It has an estimated 42,396 inhabitants, having changed from a rural to an urban area after experiencing much immigration in the 1960s. It is called by their inhabitants ''Corazón de Amazonas'' (Spanish: "Heart of Amazonas").
Climate
The urban area is located on a hillside by the river Utcubamba, now merged with
Cajaruro District
Cajaruro District is one of seven districts of the province Utcubamba in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
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, is very warm, fertile and rainy for most of the year.
Economy
The economy is based on trade and agricultural production, especially of very high-quality rice, corn and coffee; trade is active with the cities of
Chiclayo
Chiclayo (; qu, Chiklayu) is the principal city of the Lambayeque region in northern Peru. It is located inland from the Pacific coast and from the nation's capital, Lima.
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Jaén and the neighboring department of San Martín. It has minor industries, of hulled and rice mills and bottling
carbonated water.
[RUIZ PAREDES, Carlos A. “Utcubamba Tierra Querida”. Alas Peruanas. pg. 30- 32.]
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External links
Local newspaper
Populated places in the Amazonas Region
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