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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.
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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.
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Pages in category "Geography of Madre de Dios Region" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Madre de Dios province is located between 10° 54' and 12° 28' South and between 66° 05' and 67° 58' West.It extends over a length of 390 km from northeast to southwest, and up to 150 km from northwest to southeast.
Most of the Tambopata is in the Madre de Dios and Puno regions in Peru, but the upper parts of the river forms the border between Peru and Bolivia, and its origin is in La Paz department in Bolivia. The Tambopata is a tributary of the Madre de Dios River , into which it merges at the city of Puerto Maldonado .