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Bagua Grande
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Village
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Main plaza of Bagua Grande
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| Nickname(s):
"Corazón de Amazonas" (Heart of Amazonas)
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 Bagua Grande
Location in Peru
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| Country |  Peru |
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| Region | Amazonas | ||
| Province | Utcubamba | ||
| District | Bagua Grande | ||
| Elevation | 440 m (1,440 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Estimate
(2015)
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42,396 | ||
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) | ||
| Website | www.muniutcubamba | ||
Bagua Grande is a town in the Amazonas region in northern Peru. It is capital of Utcubamba Province, and of Bagua Grande District. Bagua Grande has an estimated 42,396 inhabitants, having changed from a rural to an urban area after experiencing much immigration in the 1960s. It is called by its inhabitants Corazón de Amazonas (Spanish, 'Heart of Amazonas').
Geography
Climate
The urban area is located on a hillside by the river Utcubamba, now merged with Cajaruro District, is very warm, fertile and rainy for most of the year.
| Climate data for Bagua Grande (Bagua Chica), elevation 397 m (1,302 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.4 (90.3) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33.7 (92.7) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.3 (90.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.0 (71.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 46.5 (1.83) |
58.3 (2.30) |
80.3 (3.16) |
71.2 (2.80) |
73.3 (2.89) |
39.0 (1.54) |
32.5 (1.28) |
21.5 (0.85) |
29.4 (1.16) |
63.5 (2.50) |
56.7 (2.23) |
57.8 (2.28) |
630 (24.82) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru | |||||||||||||
Economy
The economy is based on trade and agricultural production, especially of very high-quality rice, corn and coffee; trade is active with the cities of Chiclayo, Jaén and the neighboring department of San Martín. It has minor industries, of hulled and rice mills and bottling carbonated water.
