San Martin

San Martín
Location
San Martin is a department of Peru located in the north, which comprises the Amazon territories of the middle and lower basin of the Huallaga River. It borders theeast with Loreto, and on the west by Amazonas and La Libertad.









Creation
It was created on September 4, 1906 by Act No. 201.
Altitude, population and size
Altitude:Capital: 860 meters (Moyobamba)
Least 190 meters (Pelejo) Maximum 3080 m (White Water)
Population: 788,195 (Projected to 2005) Number of communities: 15
Length: 51 has an area of 253.87km 2
Economic activities
Agricultural production: corn, cacao, cotton, rubber, cassava, banana, lemon, soy, sugar cane, fruit, snuff and cocaine.
Mining production: based on theexploitation of salt mines and quarries some heel.
Climate
Moyobamba has a rainy and warm with abundant rainfall throughout the year especially between October and April. The average annualmaximum temperature is 29.1 ° C (84.4 º F) and the minimum 17.5 ° C (63.6).

Dining
Tarapoto cuisine - Typical dishes of the Jungle.
In the province of San Martin, Tarapoto andespecially most of the Peruvian jungle, there are a variety of dishes and drinks, which enjoy great national prestige, by adequate preparation, pleasing flavors, ingredients used and exoticthereof.
Among the traditional dishes are:
• The Avispajuane
• Chicken Juane
• The Ninajuane
• Tacacho with corned beef and / or sausage
• Inchicapi
• The Patarashca
• The Timbuche
•Meat of Mount
• The Rumo-Api-Api and Sara





Flora and fauna
Flora:orchids, medicinal plants and timber trees.






Fauna: Fish (paiche, boquichicos, cops and carachamas). Peccaries, añujes, tigers, ocelots, tapirs, wild rabbits, a variety of monkeys.