Pozuzo (continued)

Today: Pozuzo a town of 750 inhabitants also gives the name to the district in the department of Pasco. The district 140.000 Hectares between 500 to 3000 meter of altitude has around 7000 inhabitants and 58 small settlements of which around 40 can only be reached by foot or with mule, the population is about 50/50 between locals and descendants of the Austro German Colonists. Geographical isolation the 80Km road from Pozuzo to Oaxapampa was only build in 1975 is often closed for weeks during the rainy season October to April due to mud slides has condemned the region to an economy of subsistence farming. Poverty and unemployment are a feature of the region with many people leaving to search for better opportunities in the cities or abroad.

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