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Madre de Dios (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaðɾe ðe ˈðjos] ⓘ, English: Mother of God) is a department and region in southeastern Peru, bordering Brazil, Bolivia and the Peruvian departments of Puno, Cusco and Ucayali, in the Amazon Basin. Its capital is the city of Puerto Maldonado.
According to the Organic Law of Regional Governments, the regions (Spanish: regiones) are, with the departments, the first-level administrative subdivisions of Peru.Since its 1821 independence, Peru had been divided into departments (departamentos) but faced the problem of increasing centralization of political and economic power in its capital, Lima.
He named the port after Faustino Maldonado, of Tarapoto, who had explored the Madre de Dios in 1861 and drowned in the rapids of the Mamoré River. The Department of Madre de Dios was created by law on 26 December 1912, with Puerto Maldonado as its capital. [5] The city was formally recognized in 1985.
A General History of Voyages and Travels to the End of the 18th Century. Vol. 7. Ulan Press. ASIN B00A8A44EU. Hakluyt, Richard (1598). The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. p. 570. John Knox Laughton: The taking of the Madre de Dios, incluido en The naval miscellany (1902), vol. II, page. 87.
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Tambopata National Reserve is located south of the Madre de Dios river, in the province of Tambopata, region of Madre de Dios. [2] It reaches the border with Bolivia to the east and borders with Bahuaja Sonene National Park to the south. [2] The area consists of forested hills and plains, with elevations ranging from 200 to 400 m above sea ...
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