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	Ucayali - MSN Encarta
		The Ucayali River, which rises about 110 km (70 miles) north of Lake Titicaca, is a branch of the Amazon River near the Madeira River.
		Ucayali, river of Peru, one of the headwaters of the Amazon.
		It is formed by the confluence of the Apurímac and Urubamba at Atalaya, in eastern Peru, and winds about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) north to join the Marañón near Nauta.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553038/Ucayali.html (103 words)

	Ucayali - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ucayali, which rises about 70 miles north of Lake Titicaca, is the most interesting branch of the Amazon River next to the Madeira.
		The Ucayali was first called the San Miguel, then the Ucayali, Ucayare, Poro, Apu-Poro, Cocama and Rio de Cuzco.
		Torres, who explored the Alto Ucayali for the Peruvian government, gives it a length of 186 miles, counting from the mouth of the Pachitea to the junction of the Tambo and Urubamba.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ucayali (323 words)

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		The Amazon region is the territory less inhabited of the country (3’419, 000 inhabitants), with approximately 13% of the national population and an average density of 4 inhabitants per square kilometer.
		The regional territory is organized around four main cities (Iquitos is the biggest), located in the shore of the main rivers of the fluvial net, are very distant among them, so each one of them exercise concentrated functions in their respective influence areas: trading, services, government and small manufacturing.
		The index of fecundity in the region is the highest of the country, with an average of 9,4 children per woman (3,0 national average), while the infant mortality average is 99 deaths per each 1,000 children (45/1,000 national average).
	ifrtd.gn.apc.org /spanish/reg_wrk/Perufinrep.doc (17255 words)

	Ucayali – FREE Ucayali Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
		Ucayali, river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Apurímac and Urubamba rivers, E Peru, and flowing generally north through a mountain and jungle wilderness to the Marañón River, SW of Iquitos.
		It is a main headstream of the Amazon River; the headwaters of the Apurímac are the most distant from the Amazon's mouth.
		the northwestern region of Peru and Lote 34 and Lote 35 in Ucayali.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Ucayali.html (906 words)

	ECS Travel, Peru Tour (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The department of Ucayali is situated on the left bank of the Ucayali river, in the mid-eastern jungle of Peru.
		The 1 600 km long Ucayali river is one of the most important means of communication in the central jungle.
		Ucayali is one of the most progressive towns in the jungle.
	ecstravel.com /ucayali.htm (1081 words)

	Perupetro S.A. - Peru: Place to Carry Out New Business - Environmental Protection & Communities
		In the cases of regions with production it is communicate the details of the hydrocarbon valuation for the oil fees calculation, so that regions employees that receive the oil fees could have the security and tranquility that the ammounts transferred are the right ones.
		In this meeting was shown the great potential that the region have in matter of exploratory posibilities mostly considering that exists a gas discovery in Candado, north of Puno, in the limit with Madre de Dios.
		To the Puno region was presented the potential that the region have for the hydrocarbons exploration and the necessity for a propitious atmosphere for the investments and the joining efforts that have to be develope to promote risk investments as the investments in hydrocarbons exploration is.
	mirror.perupetro.com.pe /gobreg-e.asp (754 words)

	Sipibo Indians - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online
		Suddenly and without warning in the summer of 1766 all the river tribes attacked the missions simultaneously, slaughtered nine of the missionaries together with their neophytes, and completely destroyed all that had been accomplished by years of presevering sacrifice.
		I have had occasion myself to notice the respect and reverence of these Indians for their pastors, and their delight in participating in the ceremonial and sense-striking worship of the Roman Church." A similar instance is recorded of the revolted Pueblos (q.v.), as also of the unconverted Setebo.
		A description of the Sipibo will answer in most of its details for all the tribes of the Ucayali and Huallaga region, within the former sphere of influence of the Franciscan missionaries, with the addition that certain tribes, particularly the Cashibo, were noted for their cannibalism.
	www.catholic.org /encyclopedia/view.php?id=10862 (938 words)

	Sacred Earth Destination Guide - Peru (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ucayali and in particular the Pucallpa area has a reputation within Peru for being one of the shamanic centers.
		As it is one of the coca growing regions it may not always be safe.
		Puno and the lake Titicaca region is one of the most interesting ethnographic regions in Peru, where Quetschua and Aymara cultures merge.
	sacredearth.com /travel_info/south_america_info/peru/departments.htm (3823 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Iquitos varzea (NT0128)
		This ecoregion comprises the low, seasonally inundated river basins of the upper Amazon, Ucayali, Marañon, and Madre de Dios, in Peru and Bolivia, several smaller tributaries to the Amazon in Peru, and the upper Juruá and Purus Rivers in Brazil.
		A large portion of the region centers around the extensive seasonally flooded plain in northeastern Peru at the confluence of the Marañon and Ucayali Rivers that join to form the Amazon.
		The region is characterized by an evergreen tropical forest with a complex and heterogeneous vertical structure.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0128_full.html (1742 words)

	PERUINFO / Information by Regions / Ucayali / Geography
		This cordillera separates the Ucayali river from the Pachitea and the Pichis.
		From the point of view of water distribution the Ucayali rivers gathers the superficial waters that drain its territory.
		The main affluents of the Ucayali river are: the Cohenga, Tahuania, Sheshea, Pachitea and Aguaytía.
	www.peru.com /peruinfo/ingles/info_dptos/ucayali/uca_geo.htm (298 words)

	Ucayali River – FREE Ucayali River Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Find Ucayali River Research
		Ucayali River – FREE Ucayali River Information
		We had to travel by boat down the Ucayali River, a tributary of the Amazon, and the...
		It flows generally NW, then E across the Andes to join the Ucayali River in NE Peru where it forms the Amazon River; some consider...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1B1-381449.html (974 words)

	PERU: INDIGENOUS BLOCK CAMISEA GAS PROJECT \| World War 4 Report
		The indigenous people, backed by Atalaya mayor Dante Navarro and the regional government of Ucayali, are demanding that the government allot 12.5% of the Camisea royalties to Ucayali to compensate for the damages the gas project causes.
		Ucayali Natural Resources Manager Edgar Tapia says the increase in river traffic and pollution caused by ships bringing supplies to Camisea has reduced aquatic species in the Ucayali and Urubamba rivers by 60%.
		The indigenous people of the region say they will seize the main camp of the Camisea gasfields if their demands for compensation are not met.
	www.ww4report.com /node/1240 (577 words)

	Chapter 13 - Minerals and petroleum
		Gold deposits in the region are alluvial, produced by the mechanical action of the streams and rivers draining the region.
		Peru's gas and oil fields are believed to be primarily in the northeast and, in the Selva, lie north of the Marañon river and in the Central Ucayali.
		The Ucayali river represents a portion of the most economic route for transporting products and materials between the Selva and the coast, which of course encourages settlement of the region (Faura Gaig, 1962).
	www.oas.org /usde/publications/Unit/oea37e/ch16.htm (3383 words)

	MSF Around the World
		MSF-F produced a diagnosis of the situation in Alto and Medio Ucayali (northern and central area of the Ucayali department), collecting the necessary data in order to analyse and understand the actual conditions in which the central and regional health system was functioning, and its exact coverage.
		The mixed-race and Shipibo communities that are the focus of this study live along the shores of the Ucayali River's middle reaches and of some of its affluents (Sipiria, Tamaya and Abujao), as well as on the shores of the Imiria Lake, in the districts of Iparia and Masisea.
		In the department of Ucayali, the probability of a woman choosing to be supervised during pregnancy depends on several factors, such as ease of access, economic resources, culture, religion and her (and her partner's) level of knowledge and awareness of possible risks.
	www.msf.org /msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=4996B6DA-2383-420B-A5D2547956A6B465&component=toolkit.article&method=full_html&CFID=312259&CFTOKEN=31278150 (7254 words)

	Pe-0094 Brief
		Hydrology and Hydrography 6.9 The hydrology of the region of low land forest, where the gas project will be located, is influenced by high precipitation, low to moderate slopes, and efficient drainage of the soils.
		In the proposed transmission corridor, in the Fortaleza river valley, the aquifer in this region is vital for the agricultural development in the valley which is characterized as a semi-desert area.
		The provinces of Ucayali and the province of Leoncio Prado are east of the Andes and are oriented to the eastern lowlands and the Amazon Basin.
	www.iadb.org /exr/doc97/apr/bpe0094.htm (4448 words)

	Peru Tourism Bureau - CITIES - PUCALLPA
		Pucallpa is the capital of the department of Ucayali and one of the most progressive cities in the Peruvian Amazon.
		The region was first inhabited by the Pano tribe, who settled all along the Ucayali River and its tributary streams.
		The people of Ucayali choose their beauty queens in pageants during carnival in the Ucayali region and in the Festival of San Juan, amidst trade fairs and dances.
	www.visitperu.com /ucayali.htm (252 words)

	Ucayali -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Ucayali meanders northward from this junction for about 910 miles (1,465 km) through a...
		It lies on the Ucayali River in the hot, humid Amazonian rain forest.
		A hot, humid region, the montaña is covered with the dense vegetation typical of a tropical forest zone.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9074070 (341 words)

	Poverty and the Environment in the Amazon
		The Ucayali Department, located in the Amazonian portion of Peru, is under intense and unsustainable pressure from a rapidly growing population.
		CODESU is a non-governmental organization ( NGO) with a mandate to develop an effective approach to the sustainable management of a rainforest-based regional economy.
		This project will allow CODESU to expand its efforts to improve the livelihood of farmers in Ucayali by helping them increase their agricultural productivity and develop new forest products and agroforestry options based on environmentally sustainable technologies.
	web.idrc.ca /en/ev-80565-201_003703-1-IDRC_ADM_INFO.html (569 words)

	Village Earth: The Consortium for Sustainable Village-Based Development
		This region is ecologically important as a biodiversity hot spot, home to millions of endemic species, and plays an essential role in climate and biogeochemistry systems such as water cycling and carbon sequestering (the region is a carbon sink that moderates global temperature and cleans the air).
		The Ucayali River, one the tributaries to the Amazon, is the main transportation route in this roadless region.
		In January 2005, Village Earth was invited by a Peruvian NGO, the Inti Wayna Foundation, to visit eight different Shipibo communities in the Ucayali region of the upper Amazon basin in Peru.
	www.villageearth.org /pages/Projects/Peru/index.php (1287 words)

	Peru Project Blog: First Indigenous Tribunal of the Ucayali
		This is an event of historic importance because the Shipibo have not had a regional meeting of this magnitude for over 30 years, and even then never did it have the possibility for such far-reaching impacts as the Indigenous Tribunal being organized at present.
		All parties involved hope that this will be the key event in mobilizing and organizing the region to begin the process of a truly community-based, sustainable form of alternative "development" - to empower the region toward active self-determination.
		The Shipibo people realized that only by working together at the regional level will they ever really be able to implement their own vision for the future based on the values and wisdom of the majority indigenous population of the region.
	www.villageearth.org /pages/Projects/Peru/perublog/2007/03/first-indigenous-tribunal-of-ucayali.html (875 words)

	CPD: South America, Site SA9, Iquitos Region, Peru, Columbia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Iquitos region of western Amazonia is mainly in Peru's Department of Loreto, including portions of the provinces Maynas, Loreto, Ramón Castilla and Requena and the eastern buffer zone of Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve.
		Map 45) (Gentry and Ortiz-S. The climate of the region is relatively uniform (Encarnación 1985).
		The Iquitos region's forests are also among the richest known in all plant species 2.5 cm or more in dbh, with 0.1-ha samples averaging 218 species (Gentry and Ortiz-S. Usually Leguminosae is the most diverse family in Iquitos forests, although in some of the richest-soil areas Moraceae may present almost as many species (Gentry 1988b).
	nmnhgoph.si.edu /botany/projects/cpd/sa/sa9.htm (3655 words)

	Región Ucayali (Site not responding. Last check: )
		La región Ucayali fue creada en 1 980 y sus principales actividades económicas son la explotación de la madera, la ganadería y la agricultura.
		Este lago, de color amarillo oscuro, debe su nombre a la imiria, una pequeña planta flotante de flor amarillo rojizo que, junto a lotos y putuputos, cubre gran parte de sus aguas y orillas en épocas de crecida.
		Pucallpa, "la tierra colorada", es la capital de la región Ucayali y una de las ciudades más progresistas de la amazonía peruana, dedicada a la industria maderera y a la agricultura.
	recorriendoelperu.com /Ucayali/index.html (2507 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Ucayali moist forests (NT0174)
		The region has high species diversity, especially among palms, and contains a number of tropical hardwood species such as mahogany, tropical cedar, and kapok.
		This moist forest ecoregion is located entirely in Peru and includes the basin west of the Ucayali River, a major branch of the Amazon River.
		The Ucayali moist forests are fairly intact, with some small- to medium-scale cattle pasture and agricultural farms etching out clearings from the forest.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0174.html (518 words)

	Definition of Ucayali
		5:...le for [[canoe]]s, penetrate this region from the Ucayali and the Huallaga.
		It rises among the [[ Ucayali ]] highlands, and is navigable and unobstructed fo...
		Formation of another region was delayed by the...
	www.wordiq.com /search/Ucayali.html (372 words)

	:: HAWARI :: (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Located on the left bank of the Ucayali River, in the heart of the Amazon jungle, the city of Pucallpa takes its name from the Quechua words puca, meaning red, and allpa meaning earth, for the red, clay soil abounding in the region.
		It was originally the territory of the Cashibos and Shipibos and remained mostly unexplored until the end of the nineteenth century, with only a few missionaries venturing into the area.
		From Lima, by land and airway, inside Ucayali, transportation is by land and rivers.
	www.hawariperu.com /ingles/destinos/ucayali.htm (380 words)

	Artisans of the Amazon.html
		Living conditions are poor; very few rural homes have access to clean water, electricity or waste disposal and the great majority of the population continues to live in extreme poverty and suffer the effects of exclusion from social and economic life.
		The next stage would involve a return trip to the region to inform the villagers of my progress, share ideas on improving the marketability of the products whilst maintaining their cultural integrity, and promoting their active participation in the project.
		Stories from the indigenous groups who inhabit the Amazon region reveal their origins, their means of existence and the phenomena that occur in the world, all of which gives meaning to the current state of things.
	www.geocities.com /roninmetsa (2019 words)

	Ucayali (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Actualmente existen en la región Ucayali varios grupos étnicos descendientes de la familia lingüística Pano como los shipibo-conibos, shetebos y pisquibos.
		Ucayali es una de las ciudades más progresivas de la selva.
		y a 3.30 horas en bote a motor por el río Ucayali y el río Tamaya, a orillas del lago descansan comunidades nativas, existen islas flotantes hermosos paisajes ideal para la práctica de la pesca, paseos en bote y caminatas en la selva.
	www.toursclub-travel.com /Ucayali.htm (1109 words)

	Reporters sans frontières - Peru
		Reporters Without Borders today welcomed the long prison sentences passed on 7 February 2006 by the Ucayali regional higher court in eastern Peru on five men accused of the murder of radio journalist Alberto Rivera Fernández in Pucallpa on 21 April 2004.
		Alberto Rivera Fernández on 21 April in Pucallpa in the eastern Ucayali region and called on interior minister Fernando Rospigliosi to ensure that a thorough investigation is carried out to establish the motives and identify those responsible.
		He also said he believed that Ucayali region governor Edwin Vázquez López and the mayor of Coronel Portillo were behind the murder.
	www.rsf.org /article.php3?id_article=9957 (870 words)

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