Upper Huallaga Valley

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The Upper Huallaga Valley is a remote, coca-growing region of central Peru that became notorious as a stronghold of insurgent and narcotics-related activity.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Upper Huallaga Valley canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
valley ⓘ
associatedWith Peruvian internal conflict ⓘ
Sendero Luminoso ⓘ
Shining Path ⓘ
drug trafficking organizations ⓘ
borderedBy Andes Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Andes
characterizedAs remote region ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
conflictType insurgency ⓘ
narcotics-related conflict ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
economicActivity coca growing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasIllicitCrop coca ⓘ
hasIssue deforestation ⓘ
rural poverty ⓘ
weak state presence ⓘ
hasLegalCrop cacao ⓘ
coffee ⓘ
historicalRole key area in Andean cocaine trade ⓘ
major coca-producing zone in Peru ⓘ
involvedIn Peruvian government counterinsurgency operations ⓘ
U.S.-backed anti-drug operations ⓘ
coca eradication campaigns ⓘ
knownFor coca cultivation ⓘ
cocaine trafficking ⓘ
illicit drug production ⓘ
insurgent activity ⓘ
narcotics-related violence ⓘ
languageUsed Quechua ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Huallaga River basin ⓘ
central Peru ⓘ
mainRiver Huallaga River ⓘ
namedAfter Huallaga River ⓘ
partOf Huánuco Region ⓘ
Peruvian Amazon ⓘ
San Martín Region ⓘ
securityConcernFor Peruvian government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Peru

United States ⓘ
subjectOf counternarcotics policies ⓘ
rural development programs ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ
river valley ⓘ
timePeriodOfNotoriety 1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kotosh tradition → region → Upper Huallaga Valley ⓘ