Camaná
Camaná | ||
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Coordinates | 16 ° 37 ′ S , 72 ° 43 ′ W | |
Basic data | ||
Country | Peru | |
Arequipa | ||
province | Camaná | |
ISO 3166-2 | PE-ARE | |
District | Camaná | |
height | 15 m | |
Residents | 13,364 (2017) | |
founding | November 9, 1539 | |
politics | ||
mayor | Marcelo Alejandro Valdivia Bravo (2019-2022) |
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Camaná, Carnaval des Huachanacos (2011)
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Camaná is a coastal city in Arequipa in Peru and the capital of the Camaná province of the same name . The city had 13,364 inhabitants at the 2017 census, 10 years earlier it was 14,642. It is located about 173 kilometers southeast of the regional capital Arequipa . The city lies in the estuary of the Río Camaná , which flows into the sea 4 km further west.
The city is particularly known for its white beaches, which makes it a popular destination for tourists. The Río Camaná flows into the Pacific Ocean near the city .
history
Camaná was founded in 1539 under the name Villa Hermosa de Camaná .
In June 2001, the city's infrastructure suffered enormous damage as a result of a severe earthquake off the Peruvian coast with a magnitude of around 8.0 on the Richter scale and the subsequent tsunami, at least one person died and over 11,845 houses were built in Arequipa, Islay and Camaná destroyed. As a result, the number of tourists fell sharply for some time. In June 2010 there was another quake off the Peruvian coast with a magnitude of 4.7.
Web links
- City website
- Camaná on lonelyplanet.com
- Camaná on wikitravel.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ PERU: Arequipa Region: Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI): Directorio Nacional de Centros Poblados - Censos Nacionales 2017 . Lima 2018, vol. 1, p. 307 ( online ).
- ↑ a b c Turismo en Camaná on camana.net
- ↑ Earthquake: The big earthquake looms in South America on faz.net, June 27, 2001. Accessed November 20, 2016.
- ↑ Peru: At least 47 deaths in earthquakes on spiegel.de, from June 24, 2001. Retrieved on November 20, 2016.
- ↑ Information sheet on earthquake-proof construction in Peru on klett.de
- ↑ Damian Raiser: Earthquake series shakes central and southern Peru on infoamazonas.de, June 8, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2016.