Cajamarca, also known by the 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.
Cajamarca is a department and 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. The city has an elevation of 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) above sea level in the Andes Mountain Range, the longest mountain range in the world. Part of its territory includes the Amazon Rainforest, the largest in the world.
La Libertad is a department and region in northwestern Peru. Formerly it was known as the Department of La Libertad. It is bordered by the Lambayeque, Cajamarca and Amazonas regions on the north, the San Martín Region on the east, the Ancash and Huánuco regions on the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is Trujillo, which is the nation's third biggest city. The region's main port is Salaverry, one of Peru's largest ports. The name of the region is Spanish for "freedom" or "liberty"; it was named in honor of the Intendancy of Trujillo's proclaiming independence from Spain in 1820 and fighting for that. It is the ninth smallest department in Peru, but it is also its second-most populous department after Piura and its second-most densely populated department after Lambayeque.
Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias Airport, known in Spanish as Aeropuerto Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias, is an airport serving Cajamarca, capital of the Cajamarca Region in Peru. It is run by CORPAC S.A., a government organization that oversees management of Peruvian airports.
The Copa Perú is a football tournament in Peru and is the fourth tier of the Peruvian football league system. Despite its name, it is not entirely an elimination-cup competition involving all Peruvian clubs, but rather a series of league tournaments leading to an elimination tournament, with regional league clubs as participants. It guarantees its finalists promotion to the Peruvian Tercera División.
Alejandro Arturo Rebaza Martell is a Peruvian politician. In the 2006 general election, he was elected as a Congressman representing Cajamarca for the period 2006–2011, and belongs to the Peruvian Aprista Party. In the 2011 elections, he failed to attain reelection. Before he became Congressman, he was previously, Regional Vice President of Cajamarca from 2003 until he was elected Congressman in 2006. During his time in Congress, he participated in the formulation of 318 bills of which 87 were approved as laws.
Miguel Iglesias Pino de Arce was born on 11 June 1830 in Cajamarca, Peru, and died on 7 November 1909 in Lima, Peru. He was a Peruvian soldier, general, and politician who served as the 26th President of Peru from 1882 to 1885.
Matará District is one of twelve districts of the province Cajamarca in Peru.
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.
The National University of Cajamarca, or UNC for short, is a major public university located in Cajamarca, Peru; capital of the department of Cajamarca. The university was formally established on February 13, 1962, in accordance with a government decree.
Club Deportivo Unión Comercio, simply known as Unión Comercio, is a Peruvian professional football club based in the city of Nueva Cajamarca, San Martín, Peru. The club plays in the Peruvian Segunda División, the second tier of Peruvian football, after being relegated in 2024. Despite being based in Nueva Cajamarca, Unión Comercio plays their home games at Estadio Carlos Vidaurre García in Tarapoto.
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.
Club Deportivo Comerciantes Unidos, shortened to Comerciantes Unidos, is a Peruvian professional football club from Cutervo, Cajamarca. It was founded in 2002 and currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División, after gaining promotion from the second time in 2023.
The city of San Ignacio is one of the thirteen provinces that make up the Department of Cajamarca, under the administration of the regional government of Cajamarca, in Peru. It bordered on the north by the province of Zamora Chinchipe (Ecuador); on the east by the Department of Amazonas; on the south by the province of Jaen; on the west by the Department of Piura. It is known as the land of coffee, honey and natural forests. Its population by economic activity agriculture which is based exclusively to coffee.
Absalón Vásquez Villanueva is a Peruvian agricultural engineer, university professor and Fujimorist politician. He has served as Vice-Minister of Natural Resources and Rural Development and as Vice Minister of Agriculture. Additionally, he was Minister of Agriculture from 1992 to 1996, the longest term in Peru’s history, during the government of Alberto Fujimori. Later he was elected as a Congressman in 2000 under the Peru 2000 ticket. In 2014, he ran for the Governorship of the Department of Cajamarca under the Cajamarca Siempre Verde movement, coming in third place with 12.6% of the votes.
Mesías Antonio Guevara Amasifuén is a Peruvian politician and engineer. A former member of the Popular Action party, he served as the party's president from 2014 to 2023. He was previously a Congressman, representing Cajamarca between 2011 and 2016 and served as governor of Cajamarca from 2019 to 2022.
This article presents official statistics gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.
Cristóbal Luis Llatas Altamirano is a Peruvian politician. He was elected to Congress for the period 2011-2016 for the Cajamarca region.
Asociación Deportiva Agropecuaria is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Jaén, Cajamarca, Peru.
Club Deportivo Cultural Volante is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Bambamarca, Cajamarca, Peru.
