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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.
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.
The Regional Government of Madre de Dios (Spanish: Gobierno Regional de Madre de Dios; GORE Madre de Dios) [1] is the regional government that represents the Department of Madre de Dios. It is the body with legal identity in public law and its own assets, which is in charge of the administration of provinces of the department in Peru. Its ...
This region includes the Cuzco, Huánuco Junín, Loreto, Madre de Dios, and Ucayali Regions of eastern Peru, parts of Acre, Amazonas, and Rondônia, Brazil, and parts of the La Paz and Beni Departments of Bolivia.
On October 2, 1896, the Bolivian government decreed the establishment of a customs office at the confluence of the Manu with the Madre de Dios. The Bolivian congress passed a law ordering the creation of customs on the Madre de Dios and Alto Acre, as well as the political and customs organization in the latter and the Purús.
Manu National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional del Manu) is a national park and biosphere reserve located in the regions of Madre de Dios and Cusco in Peru. [1] It protects a diverse number of ecosystems including lowland rainforests, cloud forests and Andean grasslands .
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 ...
Madre de Dios may refer to: Spanish for Mother of God, Christian title for Mary, the mother of Jesus; Madre de Dios Province, Bolivia; Madre de Dios Island, Chile; Madre de Dios Terrane, Chile; Madre de Dios Mine, Chile; Madre de Dios Department, Peru; Madre de Dios River, Peru; Madre de Dios, a 2001 album by Dozer