Upper Huallaga Valley
E382891
The Upper Huallaga Valley is a remote, coca-growing region of central Peru that became notorious as a stronghold of insurgent and narcotics-related activity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upper Huallaga Valley canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic region
ⓘ
valley ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s)
ⓘ
surface form:
Peruvian internal conflict
Sendero Luminoso ⓘ Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
surface form:
Shining Path
drug trafficking organizations ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Andes
ⓘ
surface form:
Andes Mountains
|
| characterizedAs | remote region ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| conflictType |
insurgency
ⓘ
narcotics-related conflict ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
coca growing
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| hasIllicitCrop | coca ⓘ |
| hasIssue |
deforestation
ⓘ
rural poverty ⓘ weak state presence ⓘ |
| hasLegalCrop |
cacao
ⓘ
coffee ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
key area in Andean cocaine trade
ⓘ
major coca-producing zone in Peru ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Peruvian government counterinsurgency operations
ⓘ
U.S.-backed anti-drug operations ⓘ coca eradication campaigns ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coca cultivation
ⓘ
cocaine trafficking ⓘ illicit drug production ⓘ insurgent activity ⓘ narcotics-related violence ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Quechua
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Huallaga River basin
ⓘ
central Peru ⓘ |
| mainRiver | Huallaga River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Huallaga River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Huánuco Region
ⓘ
Peruvian Amazon ⓘ San Martín Region ⓘ |
| securityConcernFor |
Government of Peru
ⓘ
surface form:
Peruvian government
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| subjectOf |
counternarcotics policies
ⓘ
rural development programs ⓘ |
| terrain |
mountainous
ⓘ
river valley ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfNotoriety |
1980s
ⓘ
1990s ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.