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I⋅qui⋅tos
[ee-kee-taws] 
tɔs
–noun
| a city in NE Peru, on the upper Amazon. 110,242. |
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| I·qui·tos (ĭ-kē'tōs, ē-kē'-) A city of northeast Peru on the Amazon River northeast of Lima. It grew after a boom in wild rubber in the early 20th century. Population: 439,000. |
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Iquitos
Amazon River port, northeastern Peru. It is located about 2,300 miles (3,700 km) upstream from the Atlantic Ocean and 640 miles (1,030 km) north-northeast of Lima. It was founded in 1864 at the site of an Indian village and became the chief shipping port for the region during the rubber boom of the late 19th century. After 1912, when production dropped drastically, the city's population declined.
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