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Cajamarca Department
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department of Peru
Cajamarca is a department (administrative region) located in the northern highlands of Peru. It is historically significant as the site where Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa in 1532, a pivotal moment that led to the fall of the Inca Empire.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of Peru
- Demonym
- cajamarquino
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Peru
- Contains
- Chota Province
- Capital
- Cajamarca
- Population
- 1445237
- Area
- 33304.32
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Shares border with
- Piura Department
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- Commons category
- Cajamarca Department
- language used
- Aguaruna
- topic's main category
- Category:Department of Cajamarca
- category of associated people
- Category:People of Cajamarca Department
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
Cajamarca ( Spanish pronunciation: [kaxaˈmaɾka]; Quechua: Kashamarka; Aymara: Qajamarka) is a department of Peru. It is located to the north of the country and shares a border with Ecuador. It is administered by a regional government. The capital is the city of Cajamarca, which has an elevation of 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) above sea level in the Andes Mountain Range, the longest mountain range in the world. Part of its territory includes the Amazon rainforest, the largest in the world.
History
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