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Chachapoyas

Chachapoyas

Chachapoyas (founded as San Juan de la Frontera de los Chachapoyas, on September 5, 1538) is a city located in the mountains of the department of Amazonas, Peru, capital of the province of Chachapoyas and the department of Amazonas. It stands on the eastern slope of the Andes mountain range, on a plain in the basin of the Utcubamba River, a tributary of the Marañón River. The city has a population of 32,026 inhabitants according to the data of the 2017 national census, and belongs to the Northern macroregion of Peru.

The historic center of Chachapoyas, declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation on November 12, 1988, stands out for its mansions with patios and gardens inside, and churches, as well as its buildings in the “Chachapoyas”.

The city is made up of the oldest neighborhoods such as La Laguna, Yance, Santo Domingo, Luya Urco, Higos Urco; as well as the popular urbanizations: Pedro Castro Alva, San Carlos de Murcia, Señor de los Milagros, October 16, etc.

Toponymy
Chachapoyas comes from the native word sachapuyos which means ‘men of the fog’, attributing this name to the dense fog that usually covers the Puma Urco hill, which is located in the vicinity of the city; although other authors claim that it comes from the Aymara: chacha ‘people’ and phuyu ‘cloud’.

According to Federico Kauffmann, it comes from sachapcoya, meaning sachap=people and colla=wild.

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