Nauta

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Nauta" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Nauta Santiago de Nauta
City
[[file:||alt=]] [[file:||alt=]] [[file:||alt=]] [[file:||alt=]] [[file:||alt=]] Around Nauta city there are different private lodges dedicated to ecotourism.
Country	Peru
Region	Loreto
Province	Loreto
District	Nauta
Founded	1830
Government
• Mayor	Jose Daniel Saboya Mayanchi
Elevation	111 m (364 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	34,762 population
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
Climate	Af
Website	www.muninauta.gob.pe

Interactive Map

Nauta is a town in the northeastern part of Loreto Province in the Peruvian Amazon, roughly 62 miles (100 km) south of Iquitos, the provincial capital. Nauta is located on the north bank of the Marañón River, a major tributary of the Upper Amazon, a few miles from the confluence of the Río Ucayali.

Established by Manuel Pacaya–Samiria, a leader of the Kokama people, following the 1830 uprising at the Jesuit mission of Lagunas, Nauta soon became the primary commercial hub of the Peruvian selva baja (known also as Omagua, or the Amazonian lowlands).^[1] In 1853, a Brazilian-owned paddle steamer made it all the way to Nauta.^[2]

Nauta is the primary destination of the only major road leading out of Iquitos, and is a staging area for several ecotourism lodges and ships on the Marañòn River. Boats take passengers from Nauta to the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve.