La Jalca district
| La Jalca district | |
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 Location of the district in Chachapoyas Province |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Amazon |
| province | Chachapoyas |
| Seat | La Jalca |
| surface | 125 km² |
| Residents | 3978 (2017) |
| density | 32 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-AMA |
| politics | |
| Alcalde District | Walter Humberto Culqui Velásquez (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 6 ° 29 ′ S , 77 ° 49 ′ W
The La Jalca district is located in the Chachapoyas province of the Amazonas region in northern Peru . The district area is 125 km². The population was 3978 at the 2017 census. In 1993 it was 5397, in 2007 it was 5344.
Where La Jalca is located, the city of Chachapoyas was to be built first, but was then built further north because of the better climatic conditions. Long before the Spanish colonization, La Jalca was the site of a settlement of the Chachapoya culture , whose round buildings can still be found around La Jalca today. There is also a museum in La Jalca, in which you can not only find various archaeological objects, but also some explanations about traditional agriculture.
Traditionally, Chachapoyas-Quechua is spoken in La Jalca , but Spanish is now predominant.
Geographical location
In the north, the La Jalca district borders on the Magdalena district , in the east on the Cochamal and Limabamba districts, in the south on the Mariscal Castilla district and in the west on the Santo Tomas and Tingo districts.
Villages and homesteads in the La Jalca district
- Achupa
- Alonso de Alvarado
- Buena Vista
- Bulquil
- Cajshej
- Calatij
- Canguillo
- Cashlon
- Caulingas
- Chacango
- Cuanche
- Cuchcat
- Cueyqueta
- Cuito
- Culluna
- El Puente
- Huacas
- Justamante
- La Jalca
- Lamilan
- Lojshol
- Lopetranca
- Loquin
- Monstij
- Nuevo Huacas
- Nuevo Progreso
- Pachaj
- Pengote
- Polte Yacu
- Ponga
- Potquin
- Quelucas
- Quillunya
- Quimbaleran
- Quishual
- Ramos Pampas
- Samana
- San Pedro Cruz
- Shihual
- Shojme
- Shutuj
- Singache
- Tenerife
- Timbuj
- Tiolomo
- Day
- Tolape
- Ubildon
- Ushquita
- Ventanilla
- Yerba Buena
- Yumal
- Yump
- Zetenas
- Ingredients
See also
literature
- Gerald Taylor: Juan Puma, el Hijo del Oso. Cuento Quechua de La Jalca, Chachapoyas (PDF; 321 kB) [Juan Puma, the bear's son . Story in Quechua by La Jalca]. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, núméro spécial: Tradición oral y mitología Andinas. Lima 1997, Tomo 26, Número 3.
Web links
- Peru: Amazonas region (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de