Chachapoyas, Peru
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Aereal view of the city of Chachapoyas
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| Coordinates: 6°13′S 77°51′W / 6.217°S 77.850°W | ||
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| Region | Amazonas Region | |
| Province | Chachapoyas Province | |
| District | Chachapoyas District | |
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| • Mayor | Peter Thomas Lerche | |
| Elevation | 2,335 m (7,661 ft) | |
| Population | ||
| • Estimate (2015) | 29,869 | |
| Time zone | PET | |
| Website | www.munichachapoyas.gob.pe | |
Chachapoyas is a city in northern Peru at an elevation of 2,235 meters (7,657 ft). The city has a population of approximately 20,279 people. Situated in the mountains far from the Peruvian coast, Chachapoyas remains fairly isolated from other regions of Peru. Hikers and adventurers can visit the Chachapoya region There is daily service by bus to Chiclayo and Cajamarca. The bus from Chiclayo is an overnight bus but to Cajamarca due to the difficult and winding roads the bus only goes during the day. The road to Cajamarca is a dirt road so it is almost impossible to travel to Cajamarca during the rainy season from Chachapoyas. The city is served by Chachapoyas Airport.
The city of Chachapoyas is the capital of the Amazonas Region. It was founded on September 5, 1538 by the Spanish conquistador Alonso de Alvarado "and his twenty". Local agriculture includes sugar cane, orchid and coffee growing. Chachapoyas' transitional location between the arid Cordillera Occidental and Cordillera Central and the rainy, rainforested Cordillera Oriental, allow it to receive generally moderate annual precipitation without experiencing the copiously excessive, tropical-rainforest-like precipitation amounts in towns farther east such as Moyobamba.
Named San Juan de la Frontera de los Chachapoyas, the city was first established near La Jalca, and then near Levanto. The city's original locations were abandoned due to climate, disease and a lack of defenses against rebelling local groups. The location of the city changed several times, until it was settled in the place that it now occupies at 2334 m. At first the date of settlement had not been specified. It is believed that the Spanish colonials moved the city to its present location in 1545.
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