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towns of Moyohamba and Lamas, the latter near Tarapoto, where is grown the best 

 tobacco in Peru. 



In colonial times Jcheros, on the Aipena, w^hich communicates both with the 

 Maranon and the Huallaga, was the largest place in the Upper Amazons basin. 



Fig. 130. — Cekeo de Pasco. 



Scale 1 : 30,000. 



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with an estimated population of 15,000, now reduced to about 1,500. Later it 

 was eclipsed by the village of Laguna, which in 1830 contained as many as 6,000 

 Indians. At present it is rivalled by Yiirimaguas, at the head of the navigation 

 for steamers ascending the Hraallaga. 



