Cajamarca, also known by the Cajamarca Quechua name, Kashamarka, is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes. It is located in the northern highlands of Peru at approximately 2,750 m (8,900 ft) above sea level in the valley of the Mashcon river. Cajamarca had an estimated population of about 226,031 inhabitants in 2015, making it the 13th largest city in Peru.
Southern Quechua, or simply Quechua, is the most widely spoken of the major regional groupings of mutually intelligible dialects within the Quechua language family, with about 6.9 million speakers. It is also the most widely spoken indigenous language in the entire New World. The term Southern Quechua refers to the Quechuan varieties spoken in regions of the Andes south of a line roughly east–west between the cities of Huancayo and Huancavelica in central Peru. It includes the Quechua varieties spoken in the regions of Ayacucho, Cusco and Puno in Peru, in much of Bolivia and parts of north-west Argentina. The most widely spoken varieties are Cusco, Ayacucho, Puno (Collao), and South Bolivian.
Asunción District is one of twelve districts of the province Cajamarca in Peru.
Cajamarca District is one of twelve districts of the province Cajamarca in Peru.
Llacanora District is one of twelve districts of the province Cajamarca in Peru.
Jesús District is one of twelve districts of the province Cajamarca in Peru.
Encañada District is one of twelve districts of the Cajamarca Province in Peru.
Cospán District is one of twelve districts of the province Cajamarca in Peru.
Los Baños del Inca District is one of twelve districts of the province Cajamarca in Peru. It is centred on a spa which uses the water from thermal springs
Magdalena District is one of twelve districts of the province Cajamarca in Peru.
Namora District is one of twelve districts of the province Cajamarca in Peru.
San Juan District is one of twelve districts of the province Cajamarca in Peru.
Bambamarca District is one of three districts of the province Hualgayoc in Peru, with 167 pueblos. The area is rich in mineral reserves and mining prospects, including the Conga Project, which is threatening to affect water resources such as the Namocoha lake.
Huabal District is one of twelve districts of the province Jaén in Peru's Cajamarca region.
Cajamarca–Cañaris Quechua is a branch of Quechua spoken in northern Peru, consisting primarily of Cajamarca Quechua, and Lambayeque Quechua, near the towns of Cajamarca and Cañaris in the Cajamarca and Lambayeque regions. Cajamarca and Lambayeque Quechua have 94% lexical similarity and are mutually intelligible. Adelaar (2004) includes the dialect of Lincha District, far to the south on the border of the Lima and Huancavelica regions.
Inkawasi-Kañaris is a variety of Quechua spoken in the districts of Incahuasi and Cañaris, Ferreñafe in the Peruvian region of Lambayeque.
Cajamarca Quechua is a variety of Quechua spoken in the districts of Chetilla, Baños del Inca and Cajamarca (Porcón) in the Peruvian province of Cajamarca, along the northwest coast of Peru.
Yauyos–Chincha Quechua or Yauyos Quechua is a dialect cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Yauyos and Chincha districts of Peru. There are numerous dialects: in Yauyos, San Pedro de Huacarpana, Apurí, Madean-Viñac (Madeán), Azángaro-Huangáscar-Chocos (Huangáscar), Cacra-Hongos, Tomás-Alis (Alis), Huancaya-Vitis, Laraos, with similar diversity in Chincha.
Collor is an archaeological site in Peru. It is situated in the Cajamarca Region, Cajamarca Province, Namora District. The site lies at a height of about 2,970 metres (9,744 ft) on a mountain named Coyor, east of Lake San Nicolas.
Ventanillas de Otuzco is a Peruvian archaeological site located in the district of Baños del Inca, 8 km northwest of the city of Cajamarca The crypts fulfilled its function of funerary enclosure.
