Pozuzo District is one of eight

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of the

Oxapampa Province The Oxapampa Province ( es, Provincia de Oxapampa) is the largest of three Provinces of Peru, provinces that make up the Pasco Region in Peru. The capital of the Oxapampa province is the city of Oxapampa. The province is located on the eastern s ...

in the Pasco Department of

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. The two towns in the district are the capital,

Pozuzo Pozuzo is a village and district in the Oxapampa Province and Pasco Region of Peru. The village, at an elevation of , is situated near the left bank of the Huancabamba River which is renamed the Pozuzo River after it passes by the village. The pop ...

, population 1,366 in 2017, and Prusia, which is smaller. Pozuzo District is best known for the colonists from

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and

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who established one of the first European settlements (in Peru) east of the Andes in remote Pozuzo District in 1859. Traces of German culture remain in the architecture and culture of the district.

Tourism

Pozuzo Tourism

References

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