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Pucallpa

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[poo-kahy-puh, poo-kahy-pah] / pʊˈkaɪ pə, puˈkaɪ pɑ /

noun

  1. a city in E Peru, on the Ucayali River.


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One of the boats had departed Pucallpa to the north on Sunday and was travelling towards the riverside communities of Caco Macaya, Curiaca del Caco, and Pueblo Nuevo del Caco, local media reports.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

With his relatives in Aucayacu dwindling from old age and disease, Amadeo decided to leave the camp for the missionary compound near Pucallpa, several hundred miles away.

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2017

In Peru, major centres include the Cusco region and the cities of Pucallpa and Tarapoto, but it is Iquitos that attracts most interest.

From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2016

A sculpture of a mahogany tree in a park in Pucallpa symbolizes the economic importance of that species to Peru.

From National Geographic • Apr. 22, 2016

Cole’s team members do the surgeries at Hospital Amazonico in Pucallpa, alongside Peruvian medical workers.

From Washington Times • Jan. 11, 2016