Purus District
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Purus District is the only district
Districts of Peru
The districts of Peru are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments...

 of the Purus Province
Purús Province
Purus is one of four provinces in the Ucayali Region, in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru. The Purus River runs through it.The province is conformed by a single district , Purus District, whose capital is Esperanza. The district is headed by a mayor ....

 in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

. The Purus River runs through it.

It includes the town of Palestina
Palestina, Peru
Palestina, Peru is a town in the district and province of Purus in the Ucayali Region of Peru, founded in 1994.- History and customs :Before 1994, Palestina was a set of fields where cattle and crops were raised and people lived in the fields. In 1994 the mayor of Purus Province came to the area...

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