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**Title:** Exploring the Belen Market and Neighborhood in Iquitos, Peruvian Amazon
**Summary:**
* The narrator visits the Belen neighborhood in Iquitos, Peru, known as the "Amazon Venice" due to its floating houses.
* They explore the vast Belen Market (5 sq km), showcasing the local gastronomy, including exotic foods like:
+ Giant snails, piranhas, crocodile heads, lizard, and turtle meat.
+ Unconventional delicacies and cooking methods.
* The market also features:
+ Alternative medicines and shamanic ritual supplies (e.g., roots, bear fat, camu camu liquor).
+ A "witches' aisle" for ritualistic practices.
* Key observations:
+ High levels of water pollution in the area.
+ Limited access to electricity, leading to preserved foods like dried fish.
+ Warm hospitality from the local people.
* The video concludes with the narrator thanking viewers and inviting them to subscribe for more Amazonian adventure content.
Here are the extracted key facts, each with a number and in short sentences, excluding opinions:
1. **Location**: The exploration takes place in the Peruvian Amazon jungle, specifically in the city of Iquitos, neighborhood of Belen.
2. **Population of Belen**: The neighborhood of Belen has a population of up to 100,000 people.
3. **House Construction**: Most houses in Belen are built on stilts or float due to the varying river levels in the floodable forest.
4. **Belen Market**: The market is located in the Belen neighborhood and covers an area of approximately five square kilometers.
5. **Iquitos City Facts**:
* **Population**: More than half a million people live in Iquitos.
* **Ranking**: Iquitos is the second-largest city in the Amazon region, after Manaus in Brazil.
6. **Water Pollution**: The waters in this part of the Amazon are among the most polluted in the world, comparable to those in affluent cities in India and Bangladesh.
7. **Sanitation in Floating Communities**: Bathrooms are typically external structures that drain directly into the river.
8. **Local Cuisine and Market Offerings**:
* **Exotic Meats**: Include monkey, sloth, capybara, lizard, crocodile, and various fish.
* **Specific Products**:
+ "Churo" (a type of giant snail)
+ Turtle (eaten when large)
+ Carachama (known as devil fish, used in soups)
+ Piranha (sold for cooking)
+ Boa and eel butter
+ Turtle eggs (sold raw and boiled)
9. **Mapacho (Amazonian Tobacco)**:
* **Usage**: Rolled into cigars, used for smoking.
* **Price**: Approximately 7 or 8 soles for 100 pieces.
* **Local Beliefs**: Believed to help cure fly bites with larvae and to ward off jungle spirits.
10. **Alternative Medicines and Rituals**: Sold in the "Paquito" passage, colloquially known as the "witches' aisle", including items like camu camu, roots for shamanic rituals, and anteater fat for healing wounds and rituals.