Cajamarca (per)

Cajamarca

Cajamarca ranks 4,870th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Valkeakoski, Tupelo, Mississippi, and Piran. Memorable people born in Cajamarca include Carlos Castaneda, Zenón Noriega Agüero, and Mirtha Vásquez. Memorable people who died in Cajamarca include Atahualpa. Cajamarca has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians. Cajamarca is located in Peru.

Cajamarca, also known by the Quechua name, Kashamarka, is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes. It is located in the northern highlands of Peru at approximately 2,750 m (8,900 ft) above sea level in the valley of the Mashcon river. Cajamarca had an estimated population of about 226,031 inhabitants in 2015, making it the 13th largest city in Peru. Read more on Wikipedia