Bagua, founded as San Pedro de Bagua Chico in 1561, is a city 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 ...
located about from the city of
Chachapoyas. It lies in the province of the
same name.
[Cuesta, José Martín: Jaén de Bracamoros. T.III. 1984. Librería Studium.Lima. 1988 Jaén de Bracamoros. T.VI]
See also
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2005 northern Peru earthquake
At 20:55 PET (01:55 UTC on September 26) on 25 September 2005, an earthquake measuring 7.5 or 7.0 struck the Department of Loreto in Peru, resulting in 20 fatalities and 266 injuries, with 1,316 homes damaged or destroyed, mostly in the town of ...
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2009 Peruvian political crisis
References
External links
Bagua Homepage (in Spanish)
Populated places in the Amazonas Region
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