Bracamoros

Bracamoros (Quechua: pukamuru, Aguaruna: pakamuru,[1] "painted face"; also written Pacamuros)[2] is a region of numerous extinct tribal groups (which include a tribe of the same name) from the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon rainforest, located in the watershed of the Zamora River (although it has also been identified as the region of the Chinchipe and Marañón Rivers).

[2] The tribes that once lived in the area were the Nehipe (also known as the Chuquimayo or Chinchipe), Chirinos, Perico, Pacaraes, Mandinga, Tabancaras, Joroca, Jolluca, Llanqueconi, Tomependa, Chamaya, Bagua, Copallín, Canas de Cacahuari (also known as Lomas del Viento), Comechingón, Huambucos (or Huambos), Maracacona, Moqui, Girapaconi, Tamborapa, and four more at the headwaters of the Chinchipe and by the Marañón's shores.

[1] A common factor among the tribes was the practice of agriculture, with their diet consisting of corn, yuca, sweet potatoes and porotos.

It was later refounded with the name of Nueva Jérez de la Frontera,[a] followed by the creation of the settlements of Ávila,[b] Perico and Chirinos.

[1] From 1549 onwards, the territories were reorganised as encomiendas and distributed among the Spaniards that took control of the area, with the natives numbered at 20,000 people.