Jauja (city)
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Coordinates: 11 ° 47 ′ S , 75 ° 30 ′ W
Jauja on the map of Peru
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| Country | Peru |
| region | Junín |
| province | Yeah |
| City foundation | April 25, 1534 |
| Residents | 17,908 (2017) |
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| height | 3352 m |
| Time zone | UTC -5 |
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Jauja ( Quechua : Shawsha ) is a city in the Peruvian region of Junín and the capital of the province of the same name (83,257 inhabitants, as of 2017). Jauja has 17,908 inhabitants (as of 2017). The city is located in the valley of the Mantaro River at an altitude of 3352 m, 45 km north of Huancayo . Administratively, the city is divided into the three districts of Jauja (with the city center), Sausa and Yauyos.
The regional airport of the Junín region is located in Jauja .
history
After the conquest of Peru by the Spaniards, Francisco Pizarro made Jauja the provisional capital of the New Castile governorate in April 1534 . With the establishment of the new capital Lima , which has the advantage of being close to the port of Callao , by Pizarro in January 1535, Jauja quickly lost its importance, but remained the seat of a corregimiento in the Intendencia Tarma .
literature
- Clodoaldo Alberto Espinosa Bravo: Jauja antigua. Con referencias a Cerro de Pasco, Junín, Tarma, Huancayo y Concepción . PL Villanueva, Lima 1964.
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Footnotes
Jauja was indicated by Hergé as "Jauga" in the book "Tintin and the Temple of the Sun" as one of the places where the hunt for Professor Bienlein, who was kidnapped by the Incas, passed.