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Moving Category:Populated places in the Loreto Region to Category:Populated places in the Department of Loreto per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy

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{{Short description|City in Peru}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Caballococha
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| settlement_type =
| image_skyline = Plazacab.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Main square
| nickname = {{lang|es|Centinela de la frontera}} (Sentinel of the border), {{lang|es|Ciudad mediterránea}} (Mediterranean city)
| image_map =
| pushpin_map = Peru
| mapsize = frameless
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location of Caballococha in Peru
| coordinates = {{Coord|03|54|21|S|070|30|59|W|display=title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Peru}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Peru|Department]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Loreto Department|Loreto]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Peru|Province]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mariscal Ramón Castilla Province|Mariscal Ramón Castilla]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Peru|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Ramón Castilla District|Ramón Castilla]]
| parts_type = [[Subnational entity|Subdivisions]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1845
| leader_party =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 =
| area_note =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 25000
| population_as_of = 2014
| population_density_km2 =
| population_note =
| population_demonym = Caballocochano, -na
| timezone1 = [[Time in Peru|PET]]
| utc_offset1 = -5
| blank_name_sec1 =
| blank_info_sec1 =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Caballococha'''<ref>{{GEOnet2|32FA884738AF3774E0440003BA962ED3|Caballococha (Approved)}}, [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]</ref> ('''Cabalo Cocha'''<ref>{{GEOnet2|32FA884738AE3774E0440003BA962ED3|Cabalo Cocha (Variant)}}, [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]</ref>) is a town in the [[Loreto Region]] in northeastern [[Peru]], located on the [[Amazon River]] and right across the river from [[Colombia]].

It is the capital of both [[Mariscal Ramón Castilla Province]] and [[Ramón Castilla District]]. {{As of|1993}}, it had a population of 4,028 (1993).<ref>"Estadísticas de Centros Poblados 1993: Caracteristicas Socio-Demograficas y de Vivienda: Pueblo: Caballococha" El Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI), archived at [https://web.archive.org/web/20071128050149/http://www.inei.gob.pe/BancoCuadros/Bancua20.asp?bco=14&dep=16&pro=04&dis=01&cat=04&ccpp=0001&tit=Departamento:LORETO$Provincia:$Distrito:RAMON_CASTILLA]</ref>

The name of the town is a combination of [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Quechua language|Quechua]], meaning "Horse Lake", a nearby body of water. It is a poor town and people live by farming, trading, and fishing. Television has arrived as has the internet and there is even an internet cafe in the market square. Other than some motorcycle/taxis, there are only one or two vehicles in town. There is an airport under construction, but it is difficult to imagine it will see much use.{{cn|date=February 2023}}

The town saw itself participating in the [[Leticia Incident]], an event which led to war between Peru and Colombia in 1932. Today a statue exists in the main square dedicated to the soldiers who had to carry ammo and equipment through the jungle during the war.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Plan de gobierno de Marino Oswaldo Chavez Perez |last=Chavez Perez |first=Marino Oswaldo |pages=9 |language=Spanish |url=http://peruvotoinformado.com/descargas/pg/plan-de-gobierno-de-marino-oswaldo-chavez-perez.pdf}}</ref>

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Caballococha, elevation {{convert|75|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020)
|Jan high C = 31.8
|Feb high C = 31.8
|Mar high C = 31.9
|Apr high C = 31.9
|May high C = 31.4
|Jun high C = 31.2
|Jul high C = 31.3
|Aug high C = 32.3
|Sep high C = 33.0
|Oct high C = 32.7
|Nov high C = 32.8
|Dec high C = 32.0
|year high C =
|Jan low C = 23.0
|Feb low C = 23.1
|Mar low C = 23.0
|Apr low C = 23.2
|May low C = 23.0
|Jun low C = 22.4
|Jul low C = 22.0
|Aug low C = 22.2
|Sep low C = 22.6
|Oct low C = 23.0
|Nov low C = 23.2
|Dec low C = 23.2
|year low C =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 298.9
|Feb precipitation mm = 297.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 348.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 358.1
|May precipitation mm = 238.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 172.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 148.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 110.6
|Sep precipitation mm = 115.9
|Oct precipitation mm = 219.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 222.1
|Dec precipitation mm = 283.4
|year precipitation mm =
|source 1 = National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru<ref name = SENAMHI>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230821192714/https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones
| archive-date = 21 August 2023
| url = https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones
| title = Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020
| publisher=National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru
| access-date = 17 June 2024}}</ref>
}}

==Notes==
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==External links==
* Topographic map [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/jog/latin_america/txu-oclc-224300691-sa19-13.jpg Caballcocha, Peru; Colombia SA-19-13, Joint Operations Graphic 1:250,000], U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency, 1994

[[Category:Populated places in the Department of Loreto]]
[[Category:Populated places on the Amazon]]
[[Category:Upper Amazon]]

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Caballococha - Revision history

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