Cajamarca Region

This article is about the Cajamarca Region. For its capital city, see Cajamarca.

Cajamarca Region
—  Region  —
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Location of the Cajamarca Region in Peru
Coordinates: 6.61°S 78.78°W / -6.61; -78.78
Country	Peru
Subdivisions	13 provinces and 127 districts
Largest city	Cajamarca
Capital	Cajamarca
Government
• President	Jesus Coronel Salirrosas
Area
• Total	33,317.54 km2 (12,863.97 sq mi)
Highest elevation	4,496 m (14,751 ft)
Population (the 2005 census)
• Total	1,359,023
• Density	Bad rounding here41/km2 (Bad rounding here110/sq mi)
UBIGEO	06
Dialing code	076
ISO 3166 code	PE-CAJ
Website	www.regioncajamarca.gob.pe

Cajamarca is a region in Peru. The capital is the city of Cajamarca. It is located in the north part of the country and shares a border with Ecuador. It is located in the Andes Mountain Range, the longest mountain range in the world, and partly in the Amazon Rainforest, the largest in the world.

History

Judging by the archeological sites of Marcahuamachuco there was cultural refinement in the area Huamachuco and Cajabamba. After the conquest Wari established there one of his best administrative centers, Viracochapampa. Also the Incas established their regional capital in the modern city of Cajamarca. The Incas took that decision in 1465 to establish a new province in Cajamarca serve as a bridge to his later conquests and being Cajamarca one of the oldest cities in South America, that already existed, when the Spanish arrived in the Conquest to Peru

Political division

It is divided in thirteen provinces.

Province (Capital)

1. Cajabamba (Cajabamba)
2. Cajamarca (Cajamarca)
3. Celendín (Celendín)
4. Chota (Chota)
5. Contumazá (Contumazá)
6. Cutervo (Cutervo)
7. Hualgayoc (Bambamarca)
8. Jaén (Jaén)
9. San Ignacio (San Ignacio)
10. San Marcos (San Marcos)
11. San Miguel (San Miguel de Pallaques)
12. San Pablo (San Pablo)
13. Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz de Succhubamba)

Photo: "revegetated" zone Maqui Maqui, Yanacocha mining. Source: Photo Archive Jonas Lambrigger

Places of interest

• Chancaybaños Reserved Zone