21 Facts About Cajamarca

Cajamarca, 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.

Cajamarca has a mild highland climate, and the area has a very fertile soil.

The history of the city is highlighted by the Battle of Cajamarca, which marked the defeat of the Inca Empire by Spanish invaders as the Incan emperor Atahualpa was captured and executed here.

Cajamarca culture began flourishing as a culture during the first millennium AD.

Early Cajamarca ceramics have more complex and diverse decorations and extensive distribution.

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Cajamarca ceramics achieved their greatest prestige and widest distribution during Middle Cajamarca subphase B, coinciding with Moche demise and dominance of the Wari empire in Peru.

Cajamarca maintained its prestige, as shown by the influence its ceramics still had on the coast.

Incas remodeled Cajamarca following Inca canons of architecture not much of it has survived since the Spanish did the same after conquering Cajamarca.

Cajamarca's wish was granted; and, as a sign of his esteem, Guayna Capac made him a gift of one hundred women, one of the highest rewards possible in the Inca empire.

Cajamarca remained a steadfast ally of the Spaniards during his lifetime, helping to convince the lords of the Chachapoyas people to submit to Spanish rule.

Zublian kept this position until death in 1560, and then don Pedro appropriated for himself the title "cacique principal of the seven guarangas of Cajamarca", remaining in office until his death two years later.

Cajamarca listed the towns of Gironbi and Guaento, whose inhabitants guarded his coca and chili peppers; Cunchamalca, whose householders took care of his corn; and another town called Churcan de Cayanbi.

Cajamarca is further north with a milder climate; the colonial builders used available stone rather than the clay of used in the coastal desert cities.

Cajamarca has six Christian churches of Spanish colonial style: San Jose, La Recoleta, La Immaculada Concepcion, San Antonio, the Cathedral and El Belen.

Cajamarca has a subtropical highland climate which is characteristic of high elevations at tropical latitudes.

Cajamarca is surrounded by a fertile valley, which makes this city an important center of trade of agricultural goods.

Cajamarca is connected to other northern Peruvian cities by bus transport companies.

Cajamarca is home of one of the oldest high schools in Peru: San Ramon School, founded in 1831.

Cajamarca is a centre of higher education in the northern Peruvian Andes.

The city hosts two local universities: Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca, a public university, while Universidad Antonio Guillermo Urrelo is a private one.

Cajamarca is home to the annual celebration of Carnaval, a time when the locals celebrate Carnival before the beginning of Lent.