Santa Rosa de Loreto is an Amazonian town in the
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in the
Loreto Region
Loreto () is Peru's northernmost department and region. Covering almost one-third of Peru's territory, Loreto is by far the nation's largest department, slightly smaller than Japan; it is also one of the most sparsely populated regions due to ...
of
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 ...
.
Geography
The town is in the international
Tres Fronteras
Tres Fronteras (, ) is an area of the Amazon rainforest in the Upper Amazon region of South America. It includes and is named after the tripoint at which the borders of Brazil, Peru, and Colombia meet. The upper Amazon River flows through the a ...
area of the
Upper Amazon region, in the western
Amazon basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributary, tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries ...
.
It is located in an island in the
Amazon River. The cities of
Leticia (
Colombia
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) and
Tabatinga
Tabatinga, originally Forte de São Francisco Xavier de Tabatinga, is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Tres Fronteras, Três Fronteiras area of Western Amazonas. It is in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of Amazonas (Brazilia ...
(
Brazil
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) are across from it on the 'mainland' river banks of the Amazon.
Border crossings
The town serves as a checkpoint and crossing point for the Brazil-Peru and Brazil-Colombia borders.
See also
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References
Populated places in the Department of Loreto
Populated places on the Amazon
Tres Fronteras
Upper Amazon
Brazil–Peru border crossings
Colombia–Peru border crossings
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