Tarapoto ranks 7,079th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Gouyave, Holbæk, and Sneinton. Memorable people born in Tarapoto include César Villanueva and Miguel Trauco. Tarapoto has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players. Tarapoto is located in Peru.
Tarapoto is a commercial hub town in the San Martín Province of the Department of San Martín of northern Peru. It is an hour by plane from Lima, in the high jungle plateau to the east of what is known as the selva baja. Although Moyobamba is the capital of the region, Tarapoto is the region's largest city and is linked to the Upper Amazon and the historic city of Yurimaguas by a relatively well-maintained transandean highway, paved in 2008–9. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1946 and 1992, Tarapoto was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including César Villanueva and Miguel Trauco.
Most individuals born in present day Tarapoto were politicians (1) and soccer players (1), while most who died were .