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The Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute was a territorial dispute between Ecuador and Peru, which, until 1928, also included Colombia. [Note 1] The dispute had its origins on each country's interpretation of what Real Cedulas Spain used to precisely define its colonial territories in the Americas.
Marañón River as seen from Quchapata in Peru. The upper Marañón River has seen a number of descents. An attempt to paddle the river was made by Herbert Rittlinger in 1936. [13] Sebastian Snow was an adventurer who journeyed down most of the river by trekking to Chiriaco River starting at the source near Lake Niñacocha. [14] [page needed]
They live primarily on the Marañón River in northern Peru near the border with Ecuador and several of the Marañón's tributaries, the rivers Santiago, Nieva, Cenepa, Numpatakay and Chiriaco. Currently, they possess titled community lands in four of Peru's regions: Amazonas, Cajamarca, Loreto, and San Martín. A significant Awajún population ...
The Jivaroan peoples are the indigenous peoples in the headwaters of the Marañon River [1] and its tributaries, in northern Peru and eastern Ecuador. The tribes speak the Chicham languages. [2] Their traditional way of life relies on gardening, and on hunting with blowguns and darts poisoned with curare. Complex spiritual beliefs are built ...
Cañari (Cañar, Kanyari) and Puruhá (Puruguay, Puruwá) are two poorly-attested extinct languages of the Marañón River basin in Ecuador that are difficult to classify. Puruhá is scarcely attested, and Cañari is known primarily from placenames.
Recently, the Navajo Nation Water Rights Commission has been holding public hearings across the reservation to ensure tribal members are aware of what is involved in a settlement and why the tribe ...
Huacrachuco River - It is an important tributary torrent of the Marañón, it is born in the charming lagoon of Chinchaycocha, and in its course it receives the affluence of the rivers: Chocobamba, Choquehuanca, Saltana, Huagas and Anchic. Along the way, it configures uniform valleys; besides, it is possible to practice artisan trout fishing.
Radio Marañón was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1976 to further the integral development of the people in northern Peru. It is headquartered in the Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén , which is also administered by the Jesuits , and is named for the chief source of the Amazon River , the Marañón River , which flows through Jaén .