Los Baños del Inca district
| Los Baños del Inca district | |
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 The district of Los Baños del Inca is located in the central east of the province of Cajamarca (marked in red) |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Cajamarca |
| province | Cajamarca |
| Seat | Baños del Inca |
| surface | 276.4 km² |
| Residents | 46,149 (2017) |
| density | 167 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | 7th September 1959 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-CAJ |
| Website | www.mdbi.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde District | Edilberto Aguilar Flores (2019-2022) |
| Political party | Partido Democrático Somos Perú |
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Coordinates: 7 ° 10 ′ S , 78 ° 28 ′ W
The district of Los Baños del Inca is located in the province of Cajamarca in the Cajamarca region in northwestern Peru . It has an area of 276.4 km². The 2017 census counted 46,149 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 24,864, in 2007 34,749. The district administration is based in the small town of Baños del Inca with 13,361 inhabitants (as of 2017) at an altitude of 2667 m . Baños del Inca is located in the extreme southwest of the district, just under 5 km east of the provincial and regional capital Cajamarca . The Ventanas de Otuzco archaeological site is located in the district. In the far north of the district is the Yanacocha mine , where gold is mined.
Geographical location
The Los Baños del Inca district is located in the Andean highlands east of the Peruvian Western Cordillera in the northeast of the Cajamarca province. The Río Azufre, a tributary of the Río Cajamarca , flows through the district in a predominantly southern direction.
The Los Baños del Inca District is bordered to the west by the district of Cajamarca , in the northeast on the district La Encañada , in the southeast of the district Namora and the south by the district Llacanora .
history
The district was founded on September 7, 1959.
In the fall of 1977 a land conflict escalated in the hamlet of Huacataz in the north of the district. When the police tried to arrest a group of farmers from Huacataz who had occupied a pasture in 1972 , they disarmed the police. As a result, on December 28, 1977, a raid squad ( Guardia de asalto ) shot at the residents of Huacataz with submachine guns, killing four and injuring sixteen farmers. This attack became known nationwide as the "Huacataz Massacre".
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b PERU: Cajamarca region - provinces and districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- ↑ Massacre in Huacataz . In: Latin America News , Vol. 5 (1978), No. 57, pp. 55-56.
