Cabo Pantoja

Cabo Pantoja, formerly Rocafuerte[2] and Pantoja,[3] is a town in the Torres Causana District of the Loreto Department in Peru.

Cabo Pantoja
Populated center[1]
Martín Vizcarra visiting the town
Martín Vizcarra visiting the town
Cabo Pantoja is located in Peru
Cabo Pantoja
Cabo Pantoja
Location of Cabo Pantoja in Peru
Coordinates: 0°57′25″S 75°27′11″W
Country Peru
DepartmentLoreto
ProvinceMaynas
DistrictTorres Causana
FoundedJune 2, 1920
Population
 (2007)
 • Total564[1]
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)

History

The town, located in the confluence between the Napo and Aguarico rivers, was the location of an Ecuadorian outpost named Rocafuerte and a small Peruvian outpost who bore the current name used by the town, both established during the era of the territorial dispute between Ecuador and Peru.[4] Subsequently, it saw action during several skirmishes, but most notably during the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War in the Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte.[5][6][7] After the Peruvian victory, it was renamed Cabo Pantoja, after Peruvian Cabo Víctor Pantoja, killed in action during a minor battle between Ecuador and Peru over the dispute in 1904.[4][8] The Ecuadorian inhabitants relocated as a result of the battle and established Nuevo Rocafuerte.[2]

Today the town hosts a small health center and schools, as well as infrastructure related to water, telecommunication and health services.[1]

References
  1. ESTUDIO DE IMPACTO AMBIENTAL DEL PROYECTO DE PROSPECCION SISMICA 2D EN EL LOTE 121 SUR Y NORTE (PDF). 2009.
  2. Valdivieso, Juan Diego; Meneses, Ricardo (2014-01-23). "Nuevo Rocafuerte, la frontera 'viva' vive lentamente". El Comercio. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  3. Demarcación política del Perú: recopilación de leyes y decretos (1821-1946) (in Spanish). Dirección de Estadística del Perú. 1946. p. 1285.
  4. Tauro del Pino, Alberto (2001). Enciclopedia ilustrada del Perú: OJE-PEN (in Spanish). PEISA. p. 1939. ISBN 9972401499. Archived from the original on 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  5. "Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte". Peruvian Navy. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  6. Macías Núñez, Edison (2012). EL EJÉRCITO ECUATORIANO EN LA CAMPAÑA INTERNACIONAL DE 1941 Y EN LA POST GUERRA (in Spanish). Quito: Centro de Estudios Históricos del Ejército. pp. 130, 148–156. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  7. Monteza Tafur, Miguel (1979). El Conflicto Militar del Perú con el Ecuador. Editorial Universo S.A. pp. 124–166, 240–246. Archived from the original on 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  8. "Distrito de Torres Causana (Cabo Pantoja)". iPeru. Archived from the original on 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
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