Peru, Iquitos: retire the city of angels

As everyone knows, South America's Amazon River's flow, watershed area of the largest river in the world. The Amazon River, 6400 kilometers in length, of which more than half of the distribution of rivers in Peru province. In Brazil, compared with broad flat River, the Amazon River in Peru complex, difficult and strange, deep in the river on the edge of the jungle, unexpectedly also hides a retire the city -- Iquitos.

Iquitos is the capital of Peru province of Loreto, it is not only the largest in the Amazon jungle city of the country

Iquitos is at the junction of the Amazon River and several big river, surrounded by the river, not a whole piece of land can be connected with the surrounding city, so even in traffic developed today, it still be illogical highway and railway. However fortunately, Toyah Ma Sunhe Fu, small and medium-sized ships sailing upstream from the ocean, more than 3000 kilometers here, this makes Iquitos become the world's distance from the coast as far as "harbour".

The Amazon river deposited under the fertile silt nourish a area of 65000 square kilometers, most area of the basin tropical rain forest

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Iquitos is located in the northeast of the tropical rain forest of Peru, with a population of nearly 500000. It is not only the largest city in the Amazon region of Peru, but also in the Amazon region business center. Compared with other city Peru, Iquitos is young, surprising: the Indian fishing village until 1757 when a religious group Jesus will open up, to establish the first terminal -- this is Amazon's first inland port city, Iquitos in 1863 for the first time, until 1980 to become a free port.

Built in Iquitos City, this 100 years, the whole world has changed -- traffic network rapid development of highway, railway, spread to every town on earth to almost frenzied pace, but Iquitos has stubbornly kept their own characteristics: surrounded by dense dense layers of primitive tropical jungle, highway and railway and step back, only by boat or plane to arrive. For people who like hiking, perhaps this is a pity, but residents of Iquitos is of the view that: it is this retire geographical environment, which makes the unique local customs perfectly preserved.

For long-term living in the jungle of Iquitos residents, "the outside world is like?" They are not concerned about the topic. Many people in Iquitos and even life did not take over the city, to the outside world know nothing at all, quite a bit of "is not a Han, regardless of Wei" Taoyuan Yimin taste. However, Iquitos has not completely closed -- although the Amazon River more than 3700 kilometers, but small and medium-sized ships can still from the Amazon River upstream arrived here; in addition, Iquitos has an international airport. It is worth mentioning that, in addition to the capital Lima, the whole of Peru only here to have international routes.

Although Iquitos is young and "autism", but the city is very important. It is Peru and the Amazon region: the traditional rubber processing, sawing wood, textile, papermaking industry thriving here, large quantities of goods from Brazil, Europe and the United States, China, also come in here. In addition, because its are located in the Amazon jungle hinterland, the original forest beautiful scenery attracts many tourists from all over the world.

Traditional dwellings

Not Iquitos District, 3 main roads extending in parallel with Amazon, many smaller streets arranged in a crisscross pattern, the city is divided into some small irregular box. In this road impassability City, the car has become a luxury, the city residents mostly choose the price more cheap motorcycle riding. Streams of people busily coming and going on the road, all kinds of motorcycle to and fro, like the Pentium surging river amazon.

Due to the inconvenience of traffic, Iquitos retains many and modern society does not correspond to the characteristics, among them, the most typical for Amazon River on both sides of the houses. The residential building in Iquitos is the most authentic landscape: due to the inconvenience of traffic, Iquitos retains many and modern society does not correspond to the characteristics, among them, the most typical for Amazon River on both sides of the houses. The residential building in Iquitos is the most authentic landscape: the two layer board real closely next to the dry season, when two layers are live, flood coming, people have moved to the upper, or simply move on to the boat, drifting on the river. The local people of Iquitos origin is very chaotic, characteristics of South Asians, the Incas, white people can be found in them. Interestingly, the local residents generally agreed that, their ancestors were Mongolia race -- when they are infants, the arm has a birthmark, after five years of age will gradually disappear, and the people of Inner Mongolia grassland is very similar to the young Mole -- will gradually disappear into adulthood. Therefore, the people of Iquitos believe in yourself and Chinese will have to visit the Chinese origin, is also very friendly.

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