Iquitos - Simple English Wikipedia

# Iquitos

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Iquitos is the capital city of the Loreto Region in northern Peru. It is on the banks of the Amazon River. Iquitos is the biggest city in the rainforest of Peru, with about 400,000 residents. It is a major port on the Amazon.

Iquitos is thought to be the largest city in the world that can not be reached by roads. One can only get to Iquitos by boat, or by airplane. It is very remote, in the middle of the Amazon rainforest.

## [edit] Outside links

- http://www.munimaynas.gob.pe/ (in Spanish) (uses Macromedia Flash)
- Iquitos information at biopark.org

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