Nuevo Tarapacá is a Peruvian town, belonging to the Maynas Province in the Fernando Lores District, which is in the Loreto Department on the banks of the Tamshiyacu River, near the district capital of Tamshiyacu.

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Nuevo Tarapacá Nuevo Tarapacá
Municipality and town
Nuevo Tarapacá Location in Peru
Coordinates: 4°02′19″S 73°06′58″W
Country	Peru
Department	Loreto
Province	Maynas
District	Fernando Lores
Time zone	UTC-5 (Peru Standard Time)
Climate	Af

History

It was founded by Peruvian refugees from the War of the Pacific who had first settled in Tarapacá, which was afterwards awarded to Colombia after the Salomón-Lozano Treaty. Nearby Puerto Arica, originally in Colombia, had a similar fate.[1][2]

See also

• Tarapacá, Amazonas
• Puerto Arica
• Puerto Arica (Maynas)
• Salomón-Lozano Treaty

References