Iquitos

E22698
city

Iquitos is a major Peruvian city in the Amazon rainforest, known as one of the world’s largest cities accessible only by river and air.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Iquitos accessible mainly by river and air 1
Municipality of Iquitos 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
climateClassification tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic largest city in the Peruvian Amazon ⓘ
one of the largest cities in the world without road access to the rest of the country ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 104 meters ⓘ
foundingCentury 18th century ⓘ
governingBody Iquitos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Municipality of Iquitos
hasAirport Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport ⓘ
hasUniversity National University of the Peruvian Amazon ⓘ
historicalEvent experienced a rubber boom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
isCapitalOf Loreto Region of Peru ⓘ
surface form: Loreto Region

Maynas Province ⓘ
knownFor Amazon River port ⓘ
being one of the largest cities accessible only by river and air ⓘ
biodiversity tourism ⓘ
rubber boom era architecture ⓘ
koppenClimateClassification Af ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Loreto Region of Peru ⓘ
surface form: Loreto Region

Peruvian Amazon ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Amazon River ⓘ
Itaya River ⓘ
Nanay River ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
oil-related services ⓘ
timber ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
nearProtectedArea Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve ⓘ
Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve ⓘ
populationEstimate around 470000 ⓘ
postalCode 16001 ⓘ
primaryAccessModes air ⓘ
river ⓘ
regionalLanguages Quechua ⓘ
indigenous Amazonian languages ⓘ
timeZone Peru Time ⓘ
touristAttraction Belén Market ⓘ
Belén Market ⓘ
surface form: Belén floating district

Iron House (Casa de Fierro) ⓘ
Malecon Tarapacá riverfront ⓘ
transportAccessibility no road connection to national road network ⓘ
utcOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Loreto Region
this entity surface form: Iquitos accessible mainly by river and air
subject surface form: Loreto Region
Amazon River → cityOnRiver → Iquitos ⓘ
Peru → contains → Iquitos ⓘ
Iquitos → governingBody → Iquitos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Municipality of Iquitos
subject surface form: Loreto Region
Peru Time → usedInCity → Iquitos ⓘ