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Yurimaguas
[ yoo-ree-mah-gwahs ]
noun
- a city in N Peru.
Example Sentences
Just traveling from the northwestern city of Trujillo, where we’d enjoyed some beach time, to Yurimaguas, the Peruvian river-port town from which the cargo ships depart, required a 20-plus-hour bus ride followed by a two-hour ride in a colectivo, essentially a shared taxi.
When my husband and I arrived in Yurimaguas, we went straight to the central market to buy supplies for the cruise: hammocks, and mosquito nets to drape over them; bowls for our meals aboard the ship; lots of bottled water; and snacks to get us by should the food look dodgy.
Cargo ships to Iquitos leave Yurimaguas year-round and can be reached via the city of Tarapoto, about 600 miles northeast of Lima.
In Yurimaguas, take a mototaxi to the Enapu-Yurimaguas Port Terminal in the northeast corner of the city .
The quake struck at 2:41 a.m. and was centered in a vast nature preserve 57 miles east of the small town of Yurimaguas.
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