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Fundation
Tarapoto was founded on August 20, 1782 by the Spanish bishop Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compagnon y Bujanda. -
Historical event
In the year 1769, the king of Spain ordered the viceroy Amat and Junet, to expel the Jesuits from Peru and, consequently, from the Peruvian Amazon. This caused certain havoc in the grouped native organizations, as the reductions of the same, that disrupted the life and the customs, producing confusion and destruction of the native identity. -
Development
Carlos IV, July 15, 1802, who ordered through the royal decree, the return of the ceded territories. The reports of the governor of the general command of Maynas, Don Francisco de Requena, had exercised an admirable political power capable of changing the political and administrative system of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. -
Nowadays
Today, Tarapoto is a tourist city, stable and very beautiful
