Tarapoto City

By DANI1425
  • 2018 BCE

    Nowadays

    Nowadays
    Tarapoto, also called "City of Palms" by these plants that grow in the area, is a city of progress and development, whose population has the feeling to emerge and move forward.
    Tarapoto is a city in which commerce flourishes, which is carried out through water, land and air: the Huallaga River, Cadete FAP Néstor Guillermo del Castillo Paredes airport, and the Fernando Belaunde Terry road (former marginal of the jungle), respectively.
  • 1906 BCE

    Development

    Development
    Then, settling down in the valleys of the Mayo and Cumbaza rivers, in what is now San Martín Region, they possibly formed the town of Lamas, before establishing a satellite in the valley of the rivers Cumbaza and Shilcayo. In the lagoon grew abundant Taraputus palms, a name that the Spanish bishop would later use when founding the city in this area of hunters and fishermen. Founded September 14, 1906, Tarapoto is the main tourist and commercial hub of this part of northeastern Peru.
  • 1782 BCE

    Foundation

    Foundation
    This city was founded on August 20, 1782 by Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compagnon y Bujanda.
  • 1656 BCE

    Lamas city foundation

    Lamas city foundation
    The expedition of San Martin de la Riva and Herrera to conquer the jíbaros, motilones and cumbazas of this area, gave rise to the foundation of Lamas, on October 10, 1656. Tarapoto was the headquarters for the realization of this conquest. From that brutal and heroic stage the oral tradition that refers to the remote origin of our city has been preserved.
  • 1537 BCE

    Discovery and Conquest

    Discovery and Conquest
    It began with the entry of the Spaniards, by the north of our region from Chachapoyas to Moyabamba. It was Hernando de Alvarado, brother of the conqueror Alonso de Alvarado, with the support of cacique Huamán, who managed to dominate the natives of the area. Alonso de Mecadillo burst through this valley heading towards the mountains of Aypena, passed to the Marañón and to Amazonas, arriving at the native town of Machifalo, where he found gold and wealth.
  • 1438 BCE

    Flight of the Incas

    Flight of the Incas
    The hardened Chancas, persecuted by the Incas, make the current city of Lamas their new habitat and form an extensive linguistic and cultural family known as Motilones Lamistas.