Meaning of the Name Pucallpa:
The name comes from two Quechua words Puca"(Tierra) and Allpa"(Colorada), it is for it that the name of the City of Pucallpa means Red Earth", name that it subsists until the present time.
Brief Historical Review:
Different native groups as the shipibo-conibo, the asháninkas, the culina and the yaminahua, inhabit the region that today is considered as the department of Ucayali. Due to the difficult access, the climate and the unbroken vegetation, the region was unassailable for the Inca ones and then it constituted a difficult challenge for the Spanish conquerors that looked for of the mythical Golden, evangelizing Franciscans and dominicos and rulers.
With the peak of the rubber and their great demand in the international market, western population's presence became more and more strong. The exploitation cauchera didn't imply however, the incorporation of the native groups to the economic structure, politics and social of the republican Peru.
The river Ucayali (1600 Km. of longitude) it is, from immemorial times, the means of vital communication of the region. It was discovered by the Spaniards in 1557 and it is, at the present time, the most important direct connection with the city of Iquitos. Through the river merchants move, merchandise, villagers and animals in big barges where he/she falls asleep in hammocks. The department of Ucayali was created in 1980, its main economic activities are the exploitation of the wood, the cattle raising and the agriculture.
Geography:
The city of Pucallpa is located in America of the Sur,en Peru, in the department of Ucayali in the center guides beside the river Ucayali. This located in full Amazon forest to 154 m.s.n.m. The climate of Pucallpa is tropical Warm the whole year.
Main Tourist Attractiveness:
Square of Weapons of the City of Pucallpa
Lagoon of Yarinacocha

Square of the Clock Publishes

He/she marries of the Sculptor Agustín Rivas and Pablo Amaringo

Natural park of Pucallpa

Lake Imiria

Native community of San Francisco

The Girlfriend's Veil in the city of Aguaytia

You dilute Thermomedicinales in Honoria

Among Others