Maynas (Peru)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
מאינס (פרו)
Name (Latin)
Maynas (Peru)
Other forms of name
Mainas (Peru)
Coordinates
-73.24911111 -73.24911111 -3.755147222 -3.755147222 (gooearth )
W0734000 W0734000 S0030000 S0030000 (geonames )
Associated country
Peru
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 158321600
Wikidata: Q1779677
Library of congress: n 84022025
Sources of Information
  • BGN req.(Provincia de Maynas [brief]; variants: Bajo Amazonas; Provincia Bajo Amazonas; 2nd-order administrative division, 3°00ʹS, 73°40ʹW)
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm2; 03°00ʹ00ʺS 073°40ʹ00ʺW)
  • Izquierdo Ríos, H. Comandancia General de Mainas, 1976:t.p. (Comandancia General de Mainas)
  • BGN req.(Provincia de Maynas [brief]; variants: Bajo Amazonas; Provincia Bajo Amazonas; 2nd-order administrative division, 3p0s00ʹS, 73p0s40ʹW)
  • LC data base, 4/26/84(hdg.: Maynas, Peru)
  • Col. Lipp. gaz. 1952:(Maynas prov., of which Iquitos is capital, was called Bajo Amazonas [no publs. in LC data base] until 1943, when part of the prov. was taken to form new provs.)

Wikipedia description:

Maynas is one of the eight provinces in the Loreto Region in northeastern Peru. Its capital, Iquitos, is also Loreto's regional capital and the largest city in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.

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