Aguaytía is a town situated in

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

, capital of the province Padre Abad in the region Ucayali. It is situated on the banks of the Aguaytía River (a tributary of the

Ucayali River The Ucayali River (, ) is the main headstream of the Amazon River. It rises about north of Lake Titicaca, in the Arequipa region of Peru and becomes the Amazon at the confluence of the Marañón river, Marañón close to Nauta city. The city of ...

) at the highway between

Pucallpa Pucallpa (, ; Shipibo language, Shipibo: ''May Ushin'') is a city in eastern Peru located on the banks of the Ucayali River, a major tributary of the Amazon River. It is the capital of the Ucayali region, the Coronel Portillo Province and the C ...

and Tingo María. It is of interest to those who live in the region as a tourist destination, due to its proximity to the spectacular waterfall "El Velo de la Novia" (The Bridal Veil).

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Populated places in the Department of Ucayali {{Ucayali-geo-stub