Talk:Iquitos
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[edit] altitude?
According to the River Amazon article, Iquitos is open to navigation, by ocean-going craft, all the way from the mouth of the Amazon. That is remarkable. So, what is the altitude at Iquitos?
at wunderground.com the elevation is listed as 413 feet, or 126 meters, above sea level.
[edit] Safe city?
I just removed this claim, which someone had already said deserved a citation:
- Iquitos is considered to be one of the safest cities in the world with violent crime almost unheard of. [citation needed]
I searched the net in english and then in spanish. These claims of iquitos being very safe were mostly on tourist sites. To be fair, I was in iquitos five years ago and I felt safe walking around at night. So maybe the city is safer than places like Lima, etc. But "violent crime almost unheard of"?! It doesn't pass face validity, nor my experience. This reminds me of a Fijian cab driver telling me there was no AIDS in Fiji. From a red-cross article from Iquitos:
- En esta zona la prostitución, la droga, la violencia, el desempleo y los altos índices de embarazos juveniles están a la orden del día. [1]
Maybe you think it's okay that our article doesn't dwell on the poverty of the city and surrounding areas, or maybe you think it's a problem. But either way, let's not write fairy tales here. Pigkeeper 20:22, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
