Cajabamba Province
| Cajabamba Province | |||
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 Location of the province in the Cajamarca region |
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| Country | Peru | ||
| region | Cajamarca | ||
| Seat | Cajabamba | ||
| surface | 1,807.6 km² | ||
| Residents | 75,687 (2017) | ||
| density | 42 inhabitants per km² | ||
| founding | February 11, 1855 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-CAJ | ||
| Website | www.municajabamba.gob.pe/web/index.php (Spanish) | ||
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| Alcalde Provincial | Víctor José Morales Soto (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 7 ° 33 ′ S , 78 ° 4 ′ W
The province of Cajabamba is located in the Cajamarca region in northwestern Peru . The province has an area of 1807.64 km². At the 2017 census, 75,687 people lived in the province. Ten years earlier the population was 74,287. The administrative seat is the small town of Cajabamba .
Geographical location
The province of Cajabamba is located in the extreme southeast of the Cajamarca region, about 50 km southeast of the regional capital Cajamarca . The province is located in the Peruvian Western Cordillera . It has a longitudinal extension in the WSW-ONE direction of 70 km. The province extends in the east to the Río Marañón . The Río Crisnejas runs along the northeastern provincial border. Together with its two source rivers, Río Cajamarca and Río Condebamba , it drains the area to the northeast.
The province of Cajabamba borders the province of San Marcos in the north, the province of Bolívar (region La Libertad ) in the east, the province Sánchez Carrión (region La Libertad) in the south and the provinces Otuzco , Gran Chimú (both in the La Libertad region) and the province of Cajamarca .
Administrative division
The province of Cajabamba is divided into the following four districts. The district of Cajabamba is the seat of the provincial administration.
| District | Administrative headquarters |
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| Cachachi | Cachachi |
| Cajabamba | Cajabamba |
| Condebamba | Cauday |
| Sitacocha | Lluchubamba |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Cajabamba, Province in Cajamarca Region . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
