 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.Tarapoto is approximately above sea level on the high jungle plateau, also called the cloud forest.It was founded in 1782 by Baltazar Martínez Jiménez de Compagnon.