Caballococha

Caballococha
Caballococha
	Main square
	Nicknames: Centinela de la frontera (Sentinel of the border), Ciudad mediterránea (Mediterranean city)
	Caballococha Location within Peru
Country	Peru
Department	Loreto
Province	Mariscal Ramón Castilla
District	Ramón Castilla
Founded	1845
Population (2014)
• Total	25,000
Demonym(s)	Caballocochano, -na
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)

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Caballococha (Cabalo Cocha) is a town in the Loreto Region in northeastern Peru, located on the Amazon River and right across the river from Colombia.

It is the capital of both Mariscal Ramón Castilla Province and Ramón Castilla District. As of 1993, it had a population of 4,028 (1993).

The name of the town is a combination of Spanish and Quechua, meaning "Horse Lake", a nearby body of water. It is a poor town and people live by farming, trading, and fishing. Television has arrived as has the internet and there is even an internet cafe in the market square.

The town saw itself participating in the Leticia Incident, an event which led to war between Peru and Colombia in 1932. Today a statue exists in the main square dedicated to the soldiers who had to carry ammo and equipment through the jungle during the war.