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Pucallpa

American  
[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

Just before noon on the previous day — Christmas Eve, 1971 — Juliane, then 17, and her mother had boarded a flight in Lima bound for Pucallpa, a rough-and-tumble port city along the Ucayali River.

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2021

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

Then came the surgery at the Pucallpa hospital - where Cole had long insisted that U.S. and Peruvian medical workers work side by side in order to learn from each other.

From Washington Times Jan. 11, 2016

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