Maynas

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Maynas was a historical region and indigenous group in the Amazon Basin, whose name was later used for the Maynas Province in Peru.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Maynas Province 0
Comandancia General de Maynas 0
Mainas 0

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrative division
historical region
indigenous people
province
associatedWithActivity mission settlements
riverine trade
associatedWithRiver Amazon River NERFINISHED
Marañón River NERFINISHED
Napo River NERFINISHED
colonialAdministration Comandancia General de Maynas NERFINISHED
colonialStatus mission province
colonizedBy Spain NERFINISHED
contactWith Jesuit missions
Spanish missionaries
country Peru
demographicType multiethnic indigenous population
ethnicGroupOf Amazonian indigenous peoples
ethnonymLanguage Spanish
hasAlternativeName Mainas NERFINISHED
hasCapital Iquitos NERFINISHED
hasPart Maynas Province NERFINISHED
historicalRegionOf Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance center of Jesuit missionary activity in the Amazon
indigenousGroupOf Colombia NERFINISHED
Ecuador NERFINISHED
Peru NERFINISHED
languageFamily indigenous languages of the Amazon
locatedIn Amazon Basin NERFINISHED
Loreto Region NERFINISHED
South America
northeastern Peru
namedAfter Maynas NERFINISHED
partOf Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED
presentInModernCountry Colombia NERFINISHED
Ecuador NERFINISHED
Peru NERFINISHED
presentInModernEntity Loreto Region NERFINISHED
Peruvian Amazon NERFINISHED
regionType frontier missionary region
religionAfterContact Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED
sameAs Maynas NERFINISHED
timePeriod colonial era

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