Santa Rosa de Yavarí | |
Image Alt: | Gate on the main road through the village |
Pushpin Map: | Peru |
Pushpin Label Position: | Bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Santa Rosa de Yavarí in Peru |
Coordinates: | -4.2278°N -69.9578°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Santa Rosa de Yavarí is an Amazonian town in the Mariscal Ramón Castilla Province in the Loreto Region of Peru.
The town is in the international Tres Fronteras area of the Upper Amazon region, in the western Amazon basin.
It is located in an island in the Amazon River. The cities of Leticia (Colombia) and Tabatinga (Brazil) are across from it on the 'mainland' river banks of the Amazon.
The town serves as a checkpoint and crossing point for the Brazil-Peru and Brazil-Colombia borders.